期刊
CORTEX
卷 49, 期 3, 页码 819-826出版社
ELSEVIER MASSON, CORP OFF
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.02.012
关键词
Emotion; Memory; Stress; Threat; ERPs
资金
- NIMH [P50-MH072850, MH082702]
- German Research Society (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) [WE 4801/1-1]
The anticipation of highly aversive events is associated with measurable defensive activation, and both animal and human research suggests that stress-inducing contexts can facilitate memory. Here, we investigated whether encoding stimuli in the context of anticipating an aversive shock affects recognition memory. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were measured during a recognition test for words that were encoded in a font color that signaled threat or safety. At encoding, cues signaling threat of shock, compared to safety, prompted enhanced P2 and P3 components. Correct recognition of words encoded in the context of threat, compared to safety, was associated with an enhanced old-new ERP difference (500-700 msec; centro-parietal), and this difference was most reliable for emotional words. Moreover, larger old new ERP differences when recognizing emotional words encoded in a threatening context were associated with better recognition, compared to words encoded in safety. Taken together; the data indicate enhanced memory for stimuli encoded in a context in which an aversive event is merely anticipated, which could assist in understanding effects of anxiety and stress on memory processes. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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