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Short-term memory for emotional faces in dysphoria.
Memory. 2010 Jul; 18(5):486-97.M

Abstract

The study aimed to determine if the memory bias for negative faces previously demonstrated in depression and dysphoria generalises from long- to short-term memory. A total of 29 dysphoric (DP) and 22 non-dysphoric (ND) participants were presented with a series of faces and asked to identify the emotion portrayed (happiness, sadness, anger, or neutral affect). Following a delay, four faces were presented (the original plus three distractors) and participants were asked to identify the target face. Half of the trials assessed memory for facial emotion, and the remaining trials examined memory for facial identity. At encoding, no group differences were apparent. At memory testing, relative to ND participants, DP participants exhibited impaired memory for all types of facial emotion and for facial identity when the faces featured happiness, anger, or neutral affect, but not sadness. DP participants exhibited impaired identity memory for happy faces relative to angry, sad, and neutral, whereas ND participants exhibited enhanced facial identity memory when faces were angry. In general, memory for faces was not related to performance at encoding. However, in DP participants only, memory for sad faces was related to sadness recognition at encoding. The results suggest that the negative memory bias for faces in dysphoria does not generalise from long- to short-term memory.

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Noreen S
Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Ridout N
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MeSH

AdultAngerDepressionEmotionsFacial ExpressionFemaleHappinessHumansMaleMemory, Short-TermNeuropsychological TestsRecognition, Psychology

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

20544496

Citation

Noreen, Saima, and Nathan Ridout. "Short-term Memory for Emotional Faces in Dysphoria." Memory (Hove, England), vol. 18, no. 5, 2010, pp. 486-97.
Noreen S, Ridout N. Short-term memory for emotional faces in dysphoria. Memory. 2010;18(5):486-97.
Noreen, S., & Ridout, N. (2010). Short-term memory for emotional faces in dysphoria. Memory (Hove, England), 18(5), 486-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211003762092
Noreen S, Ridout N. Short-term Memory for Emotional Faces in Dysphoria. Memory. 2010;18(5):486-97. PubMed PMID: 20544496.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Short-term memory for emotional faces in dysphoria. AU - Noreen,Saima, AU - Ridout,Nathan, Y1 - 2010/06/01/ PY - 2010/6/15/entrez PY - 2010/6/15/pubmed PY - 2010/11/9/medline SP - 486 EP - 97 JF - Memory (Hove, England) JO - Memory VL - 18 IS - 5 N2 - The study aimed to determine if the memory bias for negative faces previously demonstrated in depression and dysphoria generalises from long- to short-term memory. A total of 29 dysphoric (DP) and 22 non-dysphoric (ND) participants were presented with a series of faces and asked to identify the emotion portrayed (happiness, sadness, anger, or neutral affect). Following a delay, four faces were presented (the original plus three distractors) and participants were asked to identify the target face. Half of the trials assessed memory for facial emotion, and the remaining trials examined memory for facial identity. At encoding, no group differences were apparent. At memory testing, relative to ND participants, DP participants exhibited impaired memory for all types of facial emotion and for facial identity when the faces featured happiness, anger, or neutral affect, but not sadness. DP participants exhibited impaired identity memory for happy faces relative to angry, sad, and neutral, whereas ND participants exhibited enhanced facial identity memory when faces were angry. In general, memory for faces was not related to performance at encoding. However, in DP participants only, memory for sad faces was related to sadness recognition at encoding. The results suggest that the negative memory bias for faces in dysphoria does not generalise from long- to short-term memory. SN - 1464-0686 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/20544496/Short_term_memory_for_emotional_faces_in_dysphoria_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -