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Background:

  • Memory for items and their associations may involve distinct neural mechanisms.
  • Emotional experiences significantly impact memory, but the specifics of this interaction are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of negative emotional affect on memory for items and their associations.
  • To explore how emotion influences the encoding and retrieval of contextual information linked to items.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted using neutral and negative stimuli presented with background contexts or as paired associates.
  • Emotional affect was manipulated through item valence and a threat of shock manipulation.
  • Memory performance for items, contexts, and associations was assessed.

Main Results:

  • Negative affect enhanced memory for individual items but impaired memory for associated contextual information.
  • Memory for context was reduced when associated with negative items or under threat conditions.
  • Associative memory, linking items to their context or other items, was impaired by negative affect.

Conclusions:

  • Negative affect selectively impairs associative memory, potentially due to effects on hippocampal-dependent processes.
  • The storage of sensory and perceptual representations of negative items is preserved or even strengthened.
  • Findings support dual-processing models of memory, differentiating item and associative memory under emotional load.