How does (short-term) memory for affective material (e.g. pictures) depend on the valence and arousal of the material? Are unpleasant stimuli better remembered than pleasant ones? Are high-arousal stimuli better remembered than low-arousal ones?
Any (review) articles on this topic is highly appreciated.
Hi Patrick, there is a lot of research on this topic, you could look into the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) and the memory related research.
Doing a (very) quick google search i found this article:
Article Interaction between the Amygdala and the Medial Temporal Lob...
There should be many more like it.
Regards
Hi Patrick,
There is indeed lots of research on this topic pointing to the importance of arousal. I would recommend checking the work of Mara Mather and Matthew Sutterland, Elisabeth Kensinger, Deborah Talmi, Linda Levine. A few papers:
Article Arousal-Biased Competition in Perception and Memory
Article Remembering the Details: Effects of Emotion
Article Arousal (but not valence) amplifies the impact of salience
Article Negative Arousal Amplifies the Effects of Saliency in Short-...
Article Negative Emotion Enhances Memory Accuracy
Article Enhanced emotional memory: Cognitive and neural mechanisms (...
Best,
Marta
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