Age-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation
Abstract Emotional arousal is known to enhance episodic memory in young adults. However, compared to valence, little is known about how healthy aging impacts arousal-enhanced memory effects. Furthermore, while emotion regulation is believed to improve with age, it is unclear how individual differenc...
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| author | Kyoungeun Lee Brialisse Sayre Taylor A. James Audrey Duarte |
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| description | Abstract Emotional arousal is known to enhance episodic memory in young adults. However, compared to valence, little is known about how healthy aging impacts arousal-enhanced memory effects. Furthermore, while emotion regulation is believed to improve with age, it is unclear how individual differences in emotion regulation influence arousal-enhanced memory. In this large-scale online study, we investigated the impact of age and individual differences in emotion regulation on arousal-enhanced memory. During encoding, participants made arousal ratings about negative, neutral, and positive images, and we compared their subsequent memory of high and low-arousal images. We found the impact of emotional arousal on memory was reduced with age, especially for older adults who habitually suppress their emotions. Our findings show that arousal-related memory benefits are reduced with advancing age, and that individual differences in habitual usage of emotion regulation impact these age-related alterations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e67fab22acb454fbdec31cb0b93d1d02023-11-26T13:15:51ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-09-0113111010.1038/s41598-023-41741-xAge-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulationKyoungeun Lee0Brialisse Sayre1Taylor A. James2Audrey Duarte3School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Psychology, Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Psychology, Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Psychology, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstract Emotional arousal is known to enhance episodic memory in young adults. However, compared to valence, little is known about how healthy aging impacts arousal-enhanced memory effects. Furthermore, while emotion regulation is believed to improve with age, it is unclear how individual differences in emotion regulation influence arousal-enhanced memory. In this large-scale online study, we investigated the impact of age and individual differences in emotion regulation on arousal-enhanced memory. During encoding, participants made arousal ratings about negative, neutral, and positive images, and we compared their subsequent memory of high and low-arousal images. We found the impact of emotional arousal on memory was reduced with age, especially for older adults who habitually suppress their emotions. Our findings show that arousal-related memory benefits are reduced with advancing age, and that individual differences in habitual usage of emotion regulation impact these age-related alterations.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41741-x |
| spellingShingle | Kyoungeun Lee Brialisse Sayre Taylor A. James Audrey Duarte Age-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation Scientific Reports |
| title | Age-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation |
| title_full | Age-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation |
| title_fullStr | Age-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation |
| title_short | Age-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation |
| title_sort | age related reductions in arousal enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41741-x |
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