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Emotional valence differentially affects encoding and retrieval of prospective memory in older adults
Ballhausen, Nicola Rendell, Peter Henry, Julie Joeffry, Sebastian Kliegel, Matthias
Ballhausen, Nicola
Rendell, Peter
Henry, Julie
Joeffry, Sebastian
Kliegel, Matthias
Abstract
Studies manipulating emotional valence in prospective memory (PM) have so far revealed inconsistent results. In the present study, two experiments were conducted to systematically disentangle the effects of varying emotional valence in the encoding versus retrieval phase of PM in older adults. Results showed that, while cue valence at retrieval had no influence on PM performance, at encoding both positive and negative valence resulted in reduced PM performance. Findings suggest that emotional valence may have an influence on mnemonic processes at encoding rather than modifying cue detection in aging.
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Date
2015
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Journal article
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Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
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22
Issue
5
Page Range
544-559
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