How Does Negative Emotion Cause False Memories?

被引：149

作者：

Brainerd, C. J. ^{[1
]}

Stein, L. M. ^{[2
]}

Silveira, R. A. ^{[3
]}

Rohenkohl, G. ^{[2
]}

Reyna, V. F.

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Dept Human Dev, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

[2] Pontificia Univ Catolica Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

[3] Univ Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz Do Sul, Brazil

来源：

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 2008年 / 19卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02177.x

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Remembering negative events can stimulate high levels of false memory, relative to remembering neutral events. In experiments in which the emotional valence of encoded materials was manipulated with their arousal levels controlled, valence produced a continuum of memory falsification. Falsification was highest for negative materials, intermediate for neutral materials, and lowest for positive materials. Conjoint-recognition analysis produced a simple process-level explanation: As one progresses from positive to neutral to negative valence, false memory increases because (a) the perceived meaning resemblance between false and true items increases and (b) subjects are less able to use verbatim memories of true items to suppress errors.

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页码：919 / 925

页数：7

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