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Towards Understanding Emotion's Effects on Memory

Department of Psychology, Emory University, USA, shamann{at}emory.edu

Emotion can exert powerful influences on memory for events. The recent surge of behavioral and functional neuroimaging studies of emotional episodic memory has produced a wealth of new findings and theoretical approaches. Kensinger (2009) reviews recent studies, focusing on two key questions: what factors determine the particular aspects of an event that will be influenced by emotion, and, what is the role of valence in modulating emotional memory effects? This commentary touches on some points raised in this thought-provoking and timely review and attempts to place them in a broader context.

Key Words: emotion • memory • neuroimaging

Emotion Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, 114-115 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1754073908100433


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