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The Effect of Emotional Valence on Memory for Face Identity

Creator:

Herdener, Nathan

Abstract:

Previous studies using an incidental learning paradigm have found that facial emotion enhances subsequent face recognition. The present study examined whether emotion enhances only memory for the specific emotional features, or whether it also enhances general memory of that person's identity. Prior to the study, we had 20 participants validate...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Memory for emotional faces: Are angry faces more memorable than happy faces?

Creator:

Burros, Alison, Herdener, Nathan, and Lien, Mei-Ching

Abstract:

Previous studies have suggested that negatively valenced faces (e.g., angry faces) automatically capture attention away from faces with other emotional valences (e.g., happy faces and neutral faces). The present study evaluated whether this attentional bias enhances memory of the negative emotional faces. Participants first performed a gender discrimination task on...

Resource Type:

Poster