Memory and Emotion Interdisciplinary Perspectives

by Uttl, Bob; Ohta, Nobuo; Siegenthaler, Amy

• ISBN13: 9781405139816
• ISBN10: 1405139811
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-18
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Memory and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives is a collection of original articles, written by leading researchers, in one of the fastest-growing areas in psychology. The chapters explore cutting-edge research in memory and emotion, and discuss relevant findings, methodological techniques, and theoretical advances.The collection covers many of the current hot topics in the field, such as the effects of stress, arousal, anxiety, and depression on memory; the influence of discrete emotions on memory; dissociative amnesia and post-traumatic stress disorder; false, recovered, and traumatic memories; flashbulb memories; the use of emotional memories in therapy; the influence of emotion on autobiographical memory; emotion/memory interactions across the adult lifespan; and neural correlates of these and other phenomena. Memory and Emotion covers contemporary advances in research on memory and emotion by emphasizing cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology, and aging, and will be essential reading for students, researchers, and scholars in the field.

Author Biography

Bob Uttl is Center of Excellence Professor of Psychology at Tamagawa University, Japan.

Nobuo Ohta is Professor of Psychology at the Tokyo University of Social Welfare, Japan.

Amy L. Siegenthaler is a Japan Society for Promotion of Science Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tokyo University of Social Welfare.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
Notes on Contributors	xi
Preface	xv
1 Memory and Emotion from Interdisciplinary Perspectives	1	(12)
Bob Uttl, Amy L. Siegenthaler, and Nobuo Ohta
Part I Memory, Emotion, and Cognition	13	(92)
2 Memory for Emotional Episodes: The Strengths and Limits of Arousal-Based Accounts	15	(22)
Daniel Reisberg
3 Emotional Valence, Discrete Emotions, and Memory	37	(22)
Linda J. Levine and David A. Pizarro
4 Remembering Emotional Events: The Relevance of Memory for Associated Emotions	59	(24)
Sven Å. Christianson and Elisabeth Engelberg
5 Are We Frightened Because We Run Away? Sonic Evidence from Metacognitive Feelings	83	(24)
Asher Koriat
Part II Memory, Emotion, Aging, and the Brain	105	(84)
6 The Memory Enhancing Effect of Emotion: Functional Neuroimaging Evidence	107	(28)
Florin Dolcos, Kevin S. LaBar, and Roberto Cabeza
7 Why Memories May Become More Positive as People Age	135	(24)
Mara Mather
8 Age-Related Changes in the Encoding and Retrieval of Emotional and Non-Emotional Information	159	(32)
Bob Uttl and Peter Graf
Part III Memory, Emotion, and Psychopathology	189	(104)
9 Anxiety and the Encoding of Emotional Information	191	(20)
Andrew Mathews
10 Memory, Emotion, and Psychotherapy: Maximizing the Positive Functions of Self-Defining Memories	211	(22)
Jefferson A. Singer
11 Trauma and Memory: Normal versus Special Memory Mechanisms	233	(26)
Gail S. Goodman and Pedro M. Paz-Alonso
12 Trauma and Memory Revisited	259	(34)
John F. Kihlstrom
Name Index	293	(10)
Subject Index	303