The influence of emotional narrative content on the self-reference effect in memory
This study investigated how emotional language usage impacts self-referential effects in memory in healthy older adults and individuals with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). To heighten self-focus, 37 healthy older adults and 22 aMCI participants narrated autobiographical memories and then...
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| author | Nishaat Mukadam Wanbing Zhang Xiaodong Liu Andrew E. Budson Angela Gutchess |
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| description | This study investigated how emotional language usage impacts self-referential effects in memory in healthy older adults and individuals with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). To heighten self-focus, 37 healthy older adults and 22 aMCI participants narrated autobiographical memories and then encoded words using a self-referencing or a semantic strategy. We were interested in how narrating autobiographical memories impacted subsequent memory. We probed narrative language usage with the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count text analysis program, testing the degree to which language from the narrated autobiographical memories contain emotional (positive and negative) words that predicted the self-reference effect across groups. Results indicated that higher levels of positive emotional language were related to larger self-reference effects in memory. In conclusion, narrating autobiographical memories using emotional language influenced the effectiveness of self-referencing as a memory strategy for both healthy older adults and aMCI participants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d960c05cfc84f9c9bc22f94573593bd2022-12-21T19:35:27ZengElsevierAging Brain2589-95892021-01-011100015The influence of emotional narrative content on the self-reference effect in memoryNishaat Mukadam0Wanbing Zhang1Xiaodong Liu2Andrew E. Budson3Angela Gutchess4Brandeis University, Department of Psychology, Waltham, MA, United States; Boston University, Sargent School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, MA, United States; Corresponding author at: 39 Dartmouth Street, Apt #2, Waltham, MA 02453, United States.Brandeis University, Department of Psychology, Waltham, MA, United StatesBrandeis University, Department of Psychology, Waltham, MA, United StatesVA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, MA, United States; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United StatesBrandeis University, Department of Psychology, Waltham, MA, United StatesThis study investigated how emotional language usage impacts self-referential effects in memory in healthy older adults and individuals with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). To heighten self-focus, 37 healthy older adults and 22 aMCI participants narrated autobiographical memories and then encoded words using a self-referencing or a semantic strategy. We were interested in how narrating autobiographical memories impacted subsequent memory. We probed narrative language usage with the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count text analysis program, testing the degree to which language from the narrated autobiographical memories contain emotional (positive and negative) words that predicted the self-reference effect across groups. Results indicated that higher levels of positive emotional language were related to larger self-reference effects in memory. In conclusion, narrating autobiographical memories using emotional language influenced the effectiveness of self-referencing as a memory strategy for both healthy older adults and aMCI participants.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589958921000116Healthy agingAmnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI)Episodic memoryAutobiographical memorySelfEmotion |
| spellingShingle | Nishaat Mukadam Wanbing Zhang Xiaodong Liu Andrew E. Budson Angela Gutchess The influence of emotional narrative content on the self-reference effect in memory Aging Brain Healthy aging Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) Episodic memory Autobiographical memory Self Emotion |
| title | The influence of emotional narrative content on the self-reference effect in memory |
| title_full | The influence of emotional narrative content on the self-reference effect in memory |
| title_fullStr | The influence of emotional narrative content on the self-reference effect in memory |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of emotional narrative content on the self-reference effect in memory |
| title_short | The influence of emotional narrative content on the self-reference effect in memory |
| title_sort | influence of emotional narrative content on the self reference effect in memory |
| topic | Healthy aging Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) Episodic memory Autobiographical memory Self Emotion |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589958921000116 |
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