Sandry M Garcia
Biographic Data
| ID | 4600716 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandry M Garcia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandry M |
| FAMILY NAME | Garcia |
| SIGNATURE | GARCÍA S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2796-5588 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Different effects of emotional valence on overt attention and recognition memory
Extensive research has revealed enhanced attention and memory for emotional relative to neutral content. Amongst emotional information, valence effects can also arise: negative information often is preferentially attended and remembered relative to positive information, although the opposite valence effect can also occur. Little research has examined how valence effects in attention relate to valence effects in memory. This is the open question w…
How list composition affects the emotional enhancement of memory in younger and older adults
Young adults show an immediate emotional enhancement of memory (EEM) when emotional and non-emotional information are presented in mixed lists but not pure lists, but it is unclear whether older adults' memories also benefit from the cognitive factors producing the list-composition effect. The present study examined whether the list-composition effect extended to older adults (55+), testing the following alternatives: (1) younger and older adults…
Perceived event resolution—rather than time—allows older adults to reduce the negativity of their memories
In addition to showing greater memory positivity soon after negative events, older adults can be more likely than younger adults to show decreases in memory negativity as events grow more distant. We recently showed that this latter effect was not present when adults were asked to rate memories of the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (March-May 2020): after a short (June/July 2020) and long delay (October/November 2020), older age was assoc…
The relation between age and experienced stress, worry, affect, and depression during the spring 2020 phase of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States
Advanced age is often associated with increased emotional well-being, with older adults reporting more positive and less negative affect than younger adults. Here, we test whether this pattern held during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that disproportionately put older adults at risk. We additionally examine potential moderating effects of daily activity and social connectedness, which have been shown to benefit mental health acros…
How list composition affects the emotional enhancement of memory in younger and older adults
Young adults show an immediate emotional enhancement of memory (EEM) when emotional and non-emotional information are presented in mixed lists but not pure lists, but it is unclear whether older adults' memories also benefit from the cognitive factors producing the list-composition effect. The present study examined whether the list-composition effect extended to older adults (55+), testing the following alternatives: (1) younger and older adults…
The relation between age and experienced stress, worry, affect, and depression during the spring 2020 phase of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States
Advanced age is often associated with increased emotional well-being, with older adults reporting more positive and less negative affect than younger adults. Here, we test whether this pattern held during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that disproportionately put older adults at risk. We additionally examine potential moderating effects of daily activity and social connectedness, which have been shown to benefit mental health acros…
Perceived event resolution—rather than time—allows older adults to reduce the negativity of their memories
In addition to showing greater memory positivity soon after negative events, older adults can be more likely than younger adults to show decreases in memory negativity as events grow more distant. We recently showed that this latter effect was not present when adults were asked to rate memories of the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (March-May 2020): after a short (June/July 2020) and long delay (October/November 2020), older age was assoc…
Different effects of emotional valence on overt attention and recognition memory
Extensive research has revealed enhanced attention and memory for emotional relative to neutral content. Amongst emotional information, valence effects can also arise: negative information often is preferentially attended and remembered relative to positive information, although the opposite valence effect can also occur. Little research has examined how valence effects in attention relate to valence effects in memory. This is the open question w…
How list composition affects the emotional enhancement of memory in younger and older adults
Young adults show an immediate emotional enhancement of memory (EEM) when emotional and non-emotional information are presented in mixed lists but not pure lists, but it is unclear whether older adults' memories also benefit from the cognitive factors producing the list-composition effect. The present study examined whether the list-composition effect extended to older adults (55+), testing the following alternatives: (1) younger and older adults…
Developmental psychology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Memory Processes and Influences (3 works) · Young adult (3 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Identity, Memory, and Therapy (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works)