Emotional source memory: (When) are emotional sources remembered better?

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URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-628340
Dokumenttyp:	Dissertation
Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Ort der Veröffentlichung:	Mannheim
Hochschule:	Universität Mannheim
Gutachter:	Erdfelder, Edgar
Datum der mündl. Prüfung:	15 August 2022
Sprache der Veröffentlichung:	Englisch
Einrichtung:	Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften > Kognitive Psychologie mit Schwerp. Kognitives Altern (Kuhlmann 2015-)
Fachgebiet:	150 Psychologie
Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch):	source memory , emotion-enhanced memory , valence , arousal, aging , orienting task , multinomial modeling
Abstract:	This dissertation examined whether and under which conditions source memory is enhanced for emotional (versus neutral) sources by focusing on three influencing factors: Valence and arousal of sources, aging, and encoding instructions. Manuscript 1 revealed that there is no beneficial effect of source valence or source arousal on source memory. Manuscript 2 indicated that only younger but not older adults show enhanced source memory for emotional (i.e., positive and negative) compared to neutral sources. Manuscript 3 unveiled that source emotionality effects depend on the encoding instructions: memory-enhancing effects robustly occur if an affective, item-focused orienting task is used during item-source encoding (as in Manuscript 2) but do not occur if no such orienting task is used (as in Manuscript 1). In sum, the overall results indicate that emotional sources per se are not remembered better. Instead, an affective item-source processing seems crucial for establishing emotion-enhanced memory effects in source memory.