Wang Bo, Sun Bukuan
a Institute of Economic Psychology, Department of Psychology, School of Social Development , Central University of Finance and Economics , Beijing , China.
b School of Education , Fuqing Branch of Fujian Normal University , Fuqing , China.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2017 Mar;70(3):461-472. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1134604. Epub 2016 Mar 16.
The current study examined whether the effect of post-encoding emotional arousal on item memory extends to reality-monitoring source memory and, if so, whether the effect depends on emotionality of learning stimuli and testing format. In Experiment 1, participants encoded neutral words and imagined or viewed their corresponding object pictures. Then they watched a neutral, positive, or negative video. The 24-hour delayed test showed that emotional arousal had little effect on both item memory and reality-monitoring source memory. Experiment 2 was similar except that participants encoded neutral, positive, and negative words and imagined or viewed their corresponding object pictures. The results showed that positive and negative emotional arousal induced after encoding enhanced consolidation of item memory, but not reality-monitoring source memory, regardless of emotionality of learning stimuli. Experiment 3, identical to Experiment 2 except that participants were tested only on source memory for all the encoded items, still showed that post-encoding emotional arousal had little effect on consolidation of reality-monitoring source memory. Taken together, regardless of emotionality of learning stimuli and regardless of testing format of source memory (conjunction test vs. independent test), the facilitatory effect of post-encoding emotional arousal on item memory does not generalize to reality-monitoring source memory.
本研究考察了编码后情绪唤醒对项目记忆的影响是否会扩展到现实监控源记忆,如果是,这种影响是否取决于学习刺激的情绪性和测试形式。在实验1中,参与者对中性词进行编码,并想象或观看其对应的物体图片。然后他们观看一段中性、积极或消极的视频。24小时延迟测试表明,情绪唤醒对项目记忆和现实监控源记忆的影响都很小。实验2与之相似,只是参与者对中性、积极和消极的词语进行编码,并想象或观看其对应的物体图片。结果表明,编码后诱发的积极和消极情绪唤醒增强了项目记忆的巩固,但对现实监控源记忆没有影响,无论学习刺激的情绪性如何。实验3与实验2相同,只是参与者仅对所有编码项目的源记忆进行测试,结果仍然表明,编码后情绪唤醒对现实监控源记忆的巩固影响很小。综上所述,无论学习刺激的情绪性如何,也无论源记忆的测试形式(联合测试与独立测试)如何,编码后情绪唤醒对项目记忆的促进作用都不会推广到现实监控源记忆。