Disgust enhances the recollection of negative emotional images.

Memory is typically better for emotional relative to neutral images, an effect generally considered to be mediated by arousal. However, this explanation cannot explain the full pattern of findings in the literature. Two experiments are reported that investigate the differential effects of categorica...

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Main Authors: Camilla J Croucher, Andrew J Calder, Cristina Ramponi, Philip J Barnard, Fionnuala C Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3217922?pdf=render