Are Emotional Video-Clips More Likely to Elicit False Memories Than Neutral Video-Clips?

Previous studies on memory have shown that individuals remember emotional stimuli better than neutral stimuli. However, studies on false memories have also shown that emotional stimuli are more likely to elicit false memories compared to neutral stimuli. In this present study, participants were asked to confabulate answers to events from video clips that did not happen. A week later the participants were tested again to see if the confabulated answers they gave had created a false memory. Participants were assigned to two experimental groups, where one group watched an emotional video clip and the other watched a neutral video clip. The hypothesis for this study was that individuals would be more susceptible to producing false memories after watching an emotional video clip rather than a neutral one. The results supported the hypothesis and were consistent with previous research which show that emotional stimuli are more likely to lead to the creation of false memories than neutral stimuli.

Author dc:creator

• Halldóra Björg Rafnsdóttir 1988-

Contributors dc:contributor

• Háskólinn í Reykjavík

• Sálfræði
• Minni
• Falskar minningar
• Áreiti
• Memory
• Stimuli

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1946/12705

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:skemman.is:1946/12705