Emotional Salience and the Isolation Effect

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ID10123024
AuthorsH Otani (0000-0002-2347-8715, Central Michigan University, corresponding author), Nicholas R Von Glahn (California State Polytechnic University), Terry M Libkuman (Central Michigan University), Phillip N Goernert (0000-0002-9081-8230, Brandon University), Koichi Kato (0000-0002-0587-3527, Tokyo University of Social Welfare)
Year2013
Volume141
Issue1
Pages35-46
Publication date2013-12-20
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221309.2013.848180
PMID24838019
OpenAlexW2038773581
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

When a homogeneous list contains a few items that are different from the rest of the items in the list, these isolated items show enhanced recall compared to the same items in a list where these items are not isolated. This phenomenon, known as the isolation effect, has been explained on the basis of isolated items eliciting salience. In this experiment, negative pictures and neutral pictures were isolated at the early and late part of the list. The salience explanation would predict that participants would pay more attention to these isolated items resulting in higher judgments of learning (JOL) ratings compared to the same items in the control list. Negative pictures showed the isolation effect for both early and late isolation; however, for early isolation, JOL was similar between the isolated and non-isolated pictures indicating that the emotional isolation effect does not require emotional salience

Biology · Cognitive psychology · Homogeneous · Isolation (microbiology · Phenomenon · Recall · Salience (neuroscience · Child and Animal Learning Development · Mathematics · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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