TY - JOUR

T1 - Emotionality, distinctiveness, and recollective experience.

AU - Dewhurst, Stephen A.

AU - Parry, Lisa A.

PY - 2000/12

Y1 - 2000/12

N2 - Two experiments investigated the effects of emotional stimuli on recollective experience in recognition memory. In Experiment 1, words judged to evoke a positive emotional response (e.g., warmth, freedom) or a negative emotional response (e.g., mucus, corpse) were associated with more ''remember'' responses than emotionally neutral words (e.g., crate, border) when presented in mixed lists. This effect was stronger with negative words than with positive words. In Experiment 2 the effects of emotional stimuli were eliminated when participants studied pure lists of either all emotional or all neutral words. These findings are discussed in relation to Rajaram's (1996) distinctiveness account of recollective experience.

AB - Two experiments investigated the effects of emotional stimuli on recollective experience in recognition memory. In Experiment 1, words judged to evoke a positive emotional response (e.g., warmth, freedom) or a negative emotional response (e.g., mucus, corpse) were associated with more ''remember'' responses than emotionally neutral words (e.g., crate, border) when presented in mixed lists. This effect was stronger with negative words than with positive words. In Experiment 2 the effects of emotional stimuli were eliminated when participants studied pure lists of either all emotional or all neutral words. These findings are discussed in relation to Rajaram's (1996) distinctiveness account of recollective experience.

U2 - 10.1080/095414400750050222

DO - 10.1080/095414400750050222

M3 - Journal article

VL - 12

SP - 541

EP - 551

JO - European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

JF - European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

SN - 1464-0635

IS - 4

ER -