Emotional memory across the adult lifespan / Elizabeth A. Kensinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kensinger, Elizabeth A.

Series:

Essays in cognitive psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory.

Physical Description:

x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, [2009]

Summary:

Though many factors can influence the likelihood that we remember a past experience, one critical determinant is whether the experience caused us to have an emotional response. Emotional experiences are more likely to be remembered than nonemotional ones, and over the past couple of decades there has been an increased interest in understanding how emotion conveys this memory benefit.

This book begins with a broad overview of emotion, memory, and the neural underpinnings of each, providing the reader with an appreciation of the complex interplay between emotion and memory. It then examines how emotion influences young adults' abilities to store information temporarily, or over the long term. It explains emotion's influence on the memory processes that young adults use consciously and on the processes that guide young adults' preferences and actions without their awareness. This book then moves on to describe how each of these influences of emotion are affected by the aging process, and by age-related disease, providing the reader with a lifespan perspective of emotional memory.

Within each of the domains covered, the book integrates research from cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and neuropsychological perspectives, examining both the behavioral and thought processes that lead to emotion's effects on memory and also the underlying brain processes that guide those influences of emotion.

This book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students in memory, emotion, and aging, working in the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive or affective neuroscience, and developmental or lifespan psychology.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Emotion, Memory, and Their Interactions 3

Chapter 2 The Neurobiology of Emotion and Memory 13

Chapter 3 Methods for Investigating Emotion-Memory Interactions 21

Section II Emotional Memory in Young Adults

Chapter 4 Emotion's Modulation of Implicit Memory 33

Chapter 5 Emotion's Influence on Working Memory 43

Chapter 6 Emotion and Long-Term Memory Enhancements 51

Chapter 7 Aspects of Memory Enhanced by Emotion 67

Chapter 8 Emotion-Induced Memory Trade-Offs 85

Chapter 9 Influences of Valence and Arousal on Emotional Memory 93

Chapter 10 Individual Differences in Young Adults' Emotional Memories 101

Section III Emotional Memory in Older Adults

Chapter 11 Cognitive and Neural Changes With Advancing Age 109

Chapter 12 Emotional Processing in Old Age 119

Chapter 13 Effects of Aging on Emotional Working Memory 127

Chapter 14 When Aging Influences Effects of Emotion on Long-Term Memory 133

Chapter 15 Age-Related Positivity Biases 143

Chapter 16 Emotional Memory in Alzheimer's Disease 149.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-194) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781841694832

1841694835

OCLC:

223811846