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    • Cognitive Psychology
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    • Memory Research

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    • Understanding how emotional states influence memory's temporal organization is crucial.
    • Previous research has not fully clarified the impact of emotional dynamics on memory timing.

    Approach:

    • Developed the novel Emotion Boundary Task (EBT) to study memory for sequences of emotional images.
    • Manipulated emotional valence (negative/neutral) and context (border color) to create distinct encoding events.
    • Measured temporal order memory and subjective temporal distances for stimuli within and across emotional shifts.

    Key Points:

    • Negative images within an event were recalled as temporally closer than neutral images.
    • Shifts from neutral to negative emotional valence led to temporal dilation in memory.
    • Individual differences in negativity correlated with the degree of temporal dilation.
    • Temporal order memory was enhanced for recent negative images compared to neutral ones.

    Conclusions:

    • Emotional-state dynamics significantly shape memory's temporal aspects.
    • Persistent negative emotions may compress subjective time, while new negative events can expand it.
    • Temporal dilation during negative emotional shifts may serve adaptive functions in emotional regulation.