Corson Yves, Verrier Nadège
Laboratoire Education, Cognition, Développement, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Psychol Sci. 2007 Mar;18(3):208-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01874.x.
The effects of mood on false memories have not been studied systematically until recently. Some results seem to indicate that negative mood may reduce false recall and thus suggest an influence of emotional valence on false memory. The present research tested the effects of both valence and arousal on recall and recognition and indicates that the effect is actually due to arousal. In fact, whether participants' mood is positive, negative, or neutral, false memories are significantly more frequent under conditions of high arousal than under conditions of low arousal.
直到最近,情绪对错误记忆的影响才得到系统研究。一些结果似乎表明,消极情绪可能会减少错误回忆,从而暗示情绪效价对错误记忆有影响。本研究测试了效价和唤醒对回忆与识别的影响,并表明这种影响实际上是由唤醒引起的。事实上,无论参与者的情绪是积极、消极还是中性,在高唤醒条件下的错误记忆都比在低唤醒条件下显著更频繁。