Memory for individual negative items, such as words and pictures, is consistently superior to memory for individual neutral items; however, recent research has found that relational memory for pairs of negative items is not enhanced relative to their neutral counterparts. The current experiments investigated the boundary conditions for this lack of negative associative memory enhancement and repeatedly found that memory for negative word pairs was not better than memory for neutral word pairs. In fact, cued recall of negative stimuli exceeded that of neutral stimuli only when word pairs were encoded holistically, as in the case of adjective-noun pairs. Findings are discussed in terms of the important dissociation between item and associative memory, and the implications of this distinction for theories of emotional memory in general. Finally, a discrete-emotion approach to emotional memory is introduced as one fruitful avenue for exploration. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2010. / Date of Defense: June 17, 2010. / Emotion, Cued Recall, Paired Associates, Associative Memory, Relational Memory / Includes bibliographical references. / Colleen Kelley, Professor Directing Dissertation; Robert Eklund, University Representative; Neil Charness, Committee Member; Michael Kaschak, Committee Member; Ashby Plant, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168621 |
| Contributors | Zimmerman, Carissa A. (authoraut), Kelley, Colleen (professor directing dissertation), Eklund, Robert (university representative), Charness, Neil (committee member), Kaschak, Michael (committee member), Plant, Ashby (committee member), Department of Psychology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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