Emotional mood states and memory: Elaborative encoding, semantics processing, and cognitive effort

Conducted 3 experiments with a total of 160 undergraduates to examine the effects of experimentally induced mood states on recall of target words embedded in sentences or alone. All experiments focused on the role of a depressed-mood induction in recall and looked at the effects of elaborative encod...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition memory, and cognition, 1984-07, Vol.10 (3), p.470-482
Hauptverfasser: Ellis, Henry C, Thomas, Roger L, Rodriguez, Isabel A
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Zusammenfassung:Conducted 3 experiments with a total of 160 undergraduates to examine the effects of experimentally induced mood states on recall of target words embedded in sentences or alone. All experiments focused on the role of a depressed-mood induction in recall and looked at the effects of elaborative encoding, semantic processing, or cognitive effort. The overall effect of the depressed-mood state was to reduce recall in all 3 situations; however, the opportunity to process information semantically still led to superior recall in the depressed condition. In contrast, the superiority of recall of high-effort items disappeared in the depressed condition, suggesting that Ss may differentially allocate resources when under a depressed-mood state. The results are briefly discussed within the framework of a resource allocation theory. (46 ref)
ISSN:0278-7393
1939-1285
DOI:10.1037/0278-7393.10.3.470