title: [Is an optimistic memory less easily influenced by negative than by positive emotions?].
abstract: This work examines whether a positive personality trait, such as optimism, can reduce bias in differential words recalled after inducing a certain emotion. After showing a list of words with various emotional valences to a group of 59 subjects, a specific emotional state was induced. Subsequently, the subjects were asked to recall the list of words. The results obtained indicated that less optimistic subjects had a tendency to recall and recognize a greater number of negative words when in a negative emotional condition. Statistical significance was reached in the female group's negative word recognition when experiencing negative emotion.
authors.affiliation: Centro Asociado de Alzira-Valencia, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, 46600 Alzira, Spain. vbbeneyto@valencia.uned.es
authors.forename: Vicent Blai
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Beneyto Molina
authors.forename: Enrique García
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Fernández-Abascal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament / Q000502:physiology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult