The effects of valence and arousal on the neural activity leading to subsequent memory.
This study examined how valence and arousal affect the processes linked to subsequent memory for emotional information. While undergoing an fMRI scan, participants viewed neutral pictures and emotional pictures varying by valence and arousal. After the scan, participants performed a recognition test. Subsequent memory for negative or high arousal information was associated with occipital and temporal activity, whereas memory for positive or low arousal information was associated with frontal activity. Regression analyses confirmed that for negative or high arousal items, temporal lobe activity was the strongest predictor of later memory whereas for positive or low arousal items, frontal activity corresponded most strongly with later memory. These results suggest that the types of encoding processes relating to memory (e.g., sensory vs. elaborative processing) can differ based on the affective qualities of emotional information.
Mickley Steinmetz
Katherine R
KR
Department of Psychology, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave.,Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA. mickley@bc.edu
Kensinger
Elizabeth A
EA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
Mem Cognit. 2004 Jul;32(5):742-51
15552351
Emotion. 2005 Dec;5(4):408-17
16366745
Learn Mem. 2008 Mar 05;15(3):172-82
18323572
J Cogn Neurosci. 2004 Nov;16(9):1583-94
15622612
Neuroscience. 2006 Apr 28;139(1):85-90
16337091
Learn Mem. 2008 Aug 06;15(8):569-73
18685147
J Neurosci. 2006 Mar 1;26(9):2564-70
16510734
Brain. 2000 Sep;123 ( Pt 9):1903-12
10960054
Annu Rev Neurosci. 2004;27:1-28
15217324
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Aug 6;99(16):10789-94
12145327
Trends Cogn Sci. 1999 Jan;3(1):11-21
10234222
Nat Neurosci. 2004 Dec;7(12):1376-80
15558065
J Exp Psychol Gen. 2005 May;134(2):258-81
15869349
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 2;101(9):3310-5
14981255
Conscious Cogn. 2005 Jun;14(2):390-425
15950889
Learn Mem. 2006 Nov-Dec;13(6):711-8
17101871
Rev Neurosci. 2004;15(4):241-51
15526549
Emot Rev. 2009;1(2):99-113
19421427
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Feb 18;100(4):2157-62
12578977
J Exp Psychol Gen. 2000 Jun;129(2):242-61
10868336
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1997 Aug;7(4):523-9
9287204
J Neurosci. 2000 Oct 1;20(19):RC99
11000199
J Mem Lang. 2008 Feb;58(2):449-464
19190722
Emotion. 2007 Feb;7(1):89-102
17352566
Mem Cognit. 2004 Apr;32(3):474-88
15285130
Mem Cognit. 2007 Dec;35(8):1905-16
18265607
Neuroimage. 2006 Jan 1;29(1):90-8
16122944
Psychophysiology. 1998 Mar;35(2):199-210
9529946
Neuroimage. 2004 Sep;23(1):64-74
15325353
J Exp Psychol Gen. 1988 Dec;117(4):371-6
2974863
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2007 Mar;2(1):33-52
26151918
Hum Brain Mapp. 1998;6(5-6):383-9
9788077
Arch Sex Behav. 2001 Dec;30(6):615-31
11725459
J Neurosci. 2001 Aug 15;21(16):6283-91
11487651
Psychol Sci. 2002 Jan;13(1):34-40
11892776
Neuroimage. 2003 Dec;20(4):2119-25
14683715
Neuroimage. 2006 Jul 15;31(4):1850-8
16624578
Neuron. 2004 Jun 10;42(5):855-63
15182723
Neuropsychologia. 2000;38(1):11-21
10617288
Int J Psychophysiol. 2006 Jul;61(1):26-33
16427713
Curr Dir Psychol Sci. 2007;16(4):173-177
18604284
Cognition. 1995 Nov;57(2):109-28
8556839
Neuropsychologia. 2009 Sep;47(11):2261-71
19038275
Hum Brain Mapp. 1999;8(2-3):109-14
10524601
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Apr;985:348-55
12724170
J Cogn Neurosci. 1998 Sep;10(5):640-56
9802997
Annu Rev Neurosci. 2002;25:151-88
12052907
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 2;104(1):383-8
17182749
J Cogn Neurosci. 2005 Dec;17(12):1841-54
16356323
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2004 Apr;14(2):198-202
15082325
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006 Jan;7(1):54-64
16371950
Neuropsychologia. 1999 Aug;37(9):989-97
10468363
Neuron. 2002 Feb 28;33(5):827-40
11879658
Emotion. 2004 Mar;4(1):23-35
15053724
Cogn Emot. 2005 May 1;19(3):313-332
21852891
Science. 2000 Aug 18;289(5482):1206-8
10947990
Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2008 Jun;8(2):143-52
18589505
Annu Rev Neurosci. 2004;27:279-306
15217334