Sökning: "emotional arousal"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 avhandlingar innehållade orden emotional arousal.

  1. 1. Amnesia and emotional arousal

    Författare :Sven-Åke Christianson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Amnesia; memory; psychological trauma; emotional arousal; adrenalin;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present thesis was twofold. First, to study the role of emotional arousal in memory processes, and secondly, to relate this concept to empirical findings of amnesia. In both clinical and experimental settings it has been observed that remembering is impaired for events occurring prior to, and after a traumatic critical event. LÄS MER

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Emotional Communication in the Human Voice

    Författare :Henrik Nordström; Petri Laukka; Marc Pell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; emotion recognition; vocal expression; speech; acoustic parameters; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Emotional communication is an important part of social interaction because it gives individuals valuable information about the state of others, allowing them to adjust their behaviors and responses appropriately. When people use the voice to communicate, listeners do not only interpret the words that are said, the verbal content, but also the information contained in how the words are said, the nonverbal content. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Emotional facial processing in younger and older adults

    Författare :Joakim Svärd; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : There is evidence that older adults have difficulty processing negative but not positive facial expressions. This positivity effect among older adults is expressed in attention to as well as in memory and recognition of emotional faces. In the present thesis, effects of stimulus properties (i.e. 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