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ERIC Number: EJ768009
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1072-0502
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Effects of Emotional Arousal on Multiple Memory Systems: Evidence from Declarative and Procedural Learning
Anderson, Adam K.; Steidl, Stephan; Mohi-uddin, Salwa
Learning & Memory, v13 n5 p650-658 Sep-Oct 2006
Extensive evidence documents emotional modulation of hippocampus-dependent declarative memory in humans. However, little is known about the emotional modulation of striatum-dependent procedural memory. To address how emotional arousal influences declarative and procedural memory, the current study utilized (1) a picture recognition and (2) a weather prediction (WP) task (a probabilistic classification learning task), which have been shown to rely on hippocampal- and striatum-based memory systems, respectively. Observers viewed arousing or neutral pictures after (Experiment 1) or during (Experiment 2) WP training trials. A 1-week delayed picture recognition memory test revealed enhanced declarative memory for arousing compared with neutral pictures. Arousal during encoding impaired initial WP acquisition but did not influence retention when tested after a 1-week delay. Data from a subsequent 3-months delayed test, however, suggested that arousal during acquisition may enhance remote WP retention. These results suggest a potential dissociation between how readily emotional arousal influences hippocampus-dependent and striatum-dependent memory systems in humans.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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