The Effects of Emotionality and Background Presentation on Item-background Associative Memory

Abstract

Abstract: Using composite pictures combined the item images with background scenes as experimental materials, we explored how emotionality and presentation style of the backgrounds would affect the item-background associative memory in 2 experiments by manipulating the emotionality of the items and the backgrounds as well as the presentation style of the backgrounds. The results showed that: 1) item memory could be enhanced by emotionality of items, while could be inhibited by emotionality of the backgrounds; 2) emotionality of items could impair the item-background associative memory, though emotionality of backgrounds existed; 3) repeated presentation and preexposure of the backgrounds could enhance the item-background associative memory, but still could not eliminate the effect of emotion on associative memory.

Key words: emotion, presentation style, item-background associative memory

摘要： 情绪对联结记忆的影响已成为近期研究的焦点，但尚未得出一致结论。本研究采用复合情绪图片，通过2个实验，分别从项目、背景的情绪性及背景呈现方式两个角度对复合情绪图片的项目-背景联结记忆进行了研究，结果发现：（1）项目和背景的情绪性会对项目记忆产生不同影响，但两者都会抑制项目-背景的联结记忆；（2）背景的重复呈现与预先呈现都能促进复合图片项目-背景的联结记忆，但无法消除情绪对项目-背景联结记忆的影响。本研究发现注意窄化理论并不能完全解释情绪对联结记忆的影响。

关键词: 情绪, 呈现方式, 项目-背景联结记忆

CLC Number:

B842

ZHAO Haoyuan, AN Shu, REN Xiaoyun, MAO Weibin. The Effects of Emotionality and Background Presentation on Item-background Associative Memory[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(2): 193-201.

赵浩远, 安姝, 任小云, 毛伟宾. 情绪与背景呈现方式对联结记忆的影响[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(2): 193-201.

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