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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Lighthall, N. R., Sakaki, M., Vasunilashorn, S., Nga, L., Somayajula, S., Chen, E. Y., Samii, N., & Mather, M. (in press). Gender differences in reward-related decision processing under stress. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. PDF
Mather, M. (in press). The emotion paradox in the aging brain. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. PDF
Sakaki, M., Gorlick, M. A., & Mather, M. (in press). Differential interference effects of negative emotional states on subsequent semantic and perceptual processing Emotion . PDF
Sakaki, M., & Mather, M. (in press). How emotion and reward processing change across the menstrual cycle. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. PDF
Sakaki, M., Niki, K., & Mather, M. (in press). Beyond arousal and valence: The importance of the biological versus social relevance of emotional stimuli. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. PDF supp. materials
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