Emotional arousal impairs memory only when the input information competes with each other.

Dr. Michiko Sakaki discusses emotional arousal and its effect on memory. Previous research on this subject had mixed results: some thought that emotions would impair memories and others thought it would enhance memories. Sakaki determined that arousal enhanced memories of high priority information a...

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Corporate Author: Psychonomic Society Annual Meeting
Other Authors: Sakaki, Michiko (Speaker)
Format: Conference Proceeding Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captions in English.
Published: London, United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016.
Series:SAGE video forum.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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Summary:Dr. Michiko Sakaki discusses emotional arousal and its effect on memory. Previous research on this subject had mixed results: some thought that emotions would impair memories and others thought it would enhance memories. Sakaki determined that arousal enhanced memories of high priority information and impaired memories of low priority information.
Item Description:"The Psychonomic Society 2015 Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, November 19-22, 2015"--Pre-title sequence of video.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (11 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, colour
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781473990012
1473990017