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Differential Effects of the Emotional Valence of Words on Children’s Recall

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ID7725819
AuthorsJohanne Belmon (0000-0002-4297-3076, Equipe de Recherche Contextes et Acteurs de l'Education (ERCAé), Université d'Orléans, Orléans, corresponding author), Magali Noyer-Martin (Equipe de Recherche Contextes et Acteurs de l'Education (ERCAé), Université d'Orléans, Orléans), Sandra Jhean-Larose (0000-0001-7870-1665, Equipe de Recherche Contextes et Acteurs de l'Education (ERCAé), Université d'Orléans, Orléans)
Year2025
Volume39
Issue6
Pages1362-1373
Publication date2025-08-18
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCognition & Emotion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02699931.2025.2451814
PMID39841531
OpenAlexW4406735381
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited39

124). Results show a robust effect of emotional valence on recall performances and recall errors. More precisely, we observed a facilitating effect of the positive valence of words: it allows better performance and causes few recall errors. On the contrary, the data indicated a disruptive impact of negative word valence: the latter causes very low recall performance and is associated with a high proportion of recall errors. These findings add new evidence of the influence of emotion on children's verbal short-term memory. Our results are discussed in relation to current semantic and attentional explanations of the emotional enhancement of memory

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Differential effects · Emotional valence · Free recall · Recall · Recall test · Child and Animal Learning Development · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology

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