title: Vantage perspective during encoding: The effects on phenomenological memory characteristics.
abstract: The vantage perspective from which a memory is retrieved influences the memory's emotional impact, intrusiveness, and phenomenological characteristics. This study tested whether similar effects are observed when participants were instructed to imagine the events from a specific perspective. Fifty student participants listened to a verbal report of car-accidents and visualized the scenery from either a field or observer perspective. There were no between-condition differences in emotionality of memories and the number of intrusions, but imagery experienced from a relative observer perspective was rated as less self-relevant. In contrast to earlier studies on memory retrieval, vantage perspective influenced phenomenological memory characteristics of the memory representation such as sensory details, and ratings of vividness and distancing of the memory. However, vantage perspective is most likely not a stable phenomenological characteristic itself. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioural Science Institute, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: nmooren.research@outlook.com.
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mooren
authors.affiliation: The University of New South Wales, School of Psychology, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; University of Leuven, Clinical Psychology, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krans
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioural Science Institute, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gérard W B
authors.initials: GWB
authors.lastname: Näring
authors.affiliation: The University of New South Wales, School of Psychology, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Moulds
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioural Science Institute, Montessorilaan 3, 6525 HR Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Pro Persona "Overwaal" Centre for Anxiety Disorders, Tarweweg 2, 6534 AM Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Minnen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Characteristics; Encoding; Intrusions; Memory; Self; Vantage perspective