Taxing Working Memory during Retrieval of Emotional Memories Does Not Reduce Memory Accessibility When Cued with Reminders

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ID15524943
AuthorsKevin Van Schie (0000-0003-3757-510X, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, corresponding author), Iris M Engelhard (0009-0005-1117-932X, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht), Marcel A van den Hout (University of Applied Sciences Utrecht)
Year2015
Volume6
Pages16-16
Publication date2015-02-12
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00016
PMID25729370
PMCIDPMC4325664
OpenAlexW2107619604
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited33

Earlier studies have shown that when individuals recall an emotional memory while simultaneously doing a demanding dual-task [e.g., playing Tetris, mental arithmetic, making eye movements (EM)], this reduces self-reported vividness and emotionality of the memory. These effects have been found up to 1 week later, but have largely been confined to self-report ratings. This study examined whether this dual-tasking intervention reduces memory performance (i.e., accessibility of emotional memories). Undergraduates (N = 60) studied word-image pairs and rated the retrieved image on vividness and emotionality when cued with the word. Then they viewed the cues and recalled the images with or without making EM. Finally, they re-rated the images on vividness and emotionality. Additionally, fragments from images from all conditions were presented and participants identified which fragment was paired earlier with which cue. Findings showed no effect of the dual-task manipulation on self-reported ratings and latency responses. Several possible explanations for the lack of effects are discussed, but the cued recall procedure in our experiment seems to explain the absence of effects best. The study demonstrates boundaries to the effects of the "dual-tasking" procedure

Autobiographical memory · Cognitive psychology · Cued recall · Cued speech · Developmental psychology · Dual (grammatical number · Emotionality · Free recall · Recall · Task (project management · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology

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