Arousal-biased competition
A new theory addresses why
arousal sometimes enhances and sometimes impairs memory for neutral information.
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Frontopolar regions help update emotional memories...
...while the amygdala may work to maintain original emotional memories
at the cost of updating them.
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Barber, S. J., & Mather, M. (in press). Stereotype threat in older adults: When and why does it occur, and who is most affected? To appear in P. Verhaeghen & C. Hertzog (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Emotion, Social Cognition, and Everyday Problem Solving During Adulthood. PDF
Clewett, D., Schoeke, A., & Mather, M. (in press). Amygdala functional connectivity is reduced after the cold pressor task. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. PDF
Gorlick, M. A., Giguere, G., Glass, B. D., Nix, B. N., Mather, M., & Maddox, W. T. (in press). Attenuating age-related learning deficits: Emotional valenced feedback interacts with task complexity. Psychology and Aging. PDF
Lighthall, N. R., Gorlick, M. A., Schoeke, A., Frank, M. J., & Mather, M. (in press). Stress modulates reinforcement learning in younger and older adults. Psychology and Aging. PDF
Mather, M., & Nga, L. (in press). Age differences in thalamic low frequency fluctuations. NeuroReport. PDF
Nashiro, K., Sakaki, M., Huffman, D., & Mather, M. (in press). Both younger and older adults have difficulty updating emotional memories. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. PDF
Sakaki, M., Nga, L., & Mather, M. (in press). Amygdala functional connectivity with medial prefrontal cortex at rest predicts the positivity effect in older adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. PDF
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