考虑一下:COVID-19相关刺激对潜在记忆的影响
Stefano Vicentin1,2, Giovanni Cantarella3, Giorgia Cona1,2
1Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
PeerJ
|November 29, 2023
概括
接触COVID-19新闻可能会影响潜在记忆 (PM). 虽然负面内容影响了任务准确性,但与COVID相关的刺激令人惊地提高了性能,这表明急性压力反应提高了警觉性.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 持续接触COVID-19信息可能会影响潜在记忆 (PM) 等认知功能.
- PM对于日常活动至关重要,包括记住未来的意图.
- 这项研究调查了COVID相关刺激对PM表现的影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19相关刺激如何影响潜在记忆 (PM) 任务.
- 为了比较中性,负性和COVID-19相关视频内容对认知表现的影响.
- 探索疫情期间心理健康 (焦虑,压力,PTSD) 和PM之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 使用了具有基线和PM条件的新前性记忆 (PM) 范式.
- 参与者观看中立,负面或与COVID相关的视频片段.
- 使用线性混合效应 (LME) 模型,以及DASS-21和COVID-19-PTSD问卷,分析了表现.
主要成果:
- 负刺激影响了PM条件下持续任务的准确性,这与之前的研究一致.
- 与COVID相关的刺激意外地改善了PM条件下的持续任务准确性.
- 焦虑分数 (DASS-21) 提高了LME模型的解释能力,表明焦虑的有害作用.
结论:
- 与COVID相关的刺激可能会充当急性压力因素,增强警觉性和任务性能.
- 与一般的负面内容不同,与流行病相关的信息似乎可以提高认知反应能力.
- 焦虑显著影响认知表现,强调了大流行病的心理损失.
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