Sökning: "Emotional memory enhancement"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Emotional memory enhancement.

  1. 1. Age differences in arousal, perception of affective pictures, and emotional memory enhancement : Appraisal, Electrodermal activity, and Imaging data

    Författare :Joachim Gavazzeni; Håkan Fischer; Richard J. Davidson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aging; Affective function; subjective ratings; SCRs; FMRI; Pictures; Emotional memory enhancement; Bottom-up and Top-down processing; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : In contrast to effortful cognitive functions, emotional functioning may remain stable or even be enhanced in older adults. It is unclear how affective functions in aging correspond to subjective experiences and physiological changes. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Effect of Normal Aging on Emotional Processing and Impact of Emotion on Memory : Psychophysiological and Cognitive Findings

    Författare :Anne-Marie Aupée; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; neurophysiology; neuropsychology; Neurology; Pychophysiology; Memory; Emotion; Aging; Gender; neurofysiologi; neuropsykologi; Neurologi;

    Sammanfattning : It has long been thought that aging is accompanied by an emotional flattening. Although a different view has started to emerge recently, studies investigating psychophysiological responses in reaction to affective stimuli so far have reported an age-related reduction of the affective response. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Justice needs a blindfold : Effects of defendants’ gender and attractiveness on judicial evaluation

    Författare :Angela S. Ahola; Sven Å. Christianson; Leslie Zebrowitz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; stereotype; gender; appearance; attractiveness; emotionality; violence; vividness; eye witness; memory; Cognitive science; Kognitionsforskning; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Gender and appearance affect our judgments regarding an individual’s personality, profession, and morality, and create a reference frame within which to act toward that person. The main question of the present thesis is whether these kinds of stereotypical conceptions have implications for the judicial process: how professionals within the judicial process evaluate and judge a defendant, and how and what eyewitnesses remember. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Serotonin in emotional memory processes : neuropharmacological studies with emphasis on depression

    Författare :Therese M Eriksson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Cognitive dysfunctions are common in neuropsychiatric disorders including Major Depressive Disorder, but are difficult to normalize by antidepressant therapies and contribute to reduced functional improvement. Cognitive impairments include alterations of emotional memory processes that are early targeted by antidepressant therapies, including Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Amygdala, Arousal and Memory: From Lesions to Neuroimaging

    Författare :Fredrik Åhs; Mats Fredrikson; Dieter Vaitl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Emotional events are better remembered than neutral events. But what are the mechanisms behind this memory enhancing effect? It seems that they depend on the arousal level at the moment we experience the event to be remembered. LÄS MER