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Differential effects of negative emotion on memory for items and associations, and their relationship to intrusive imagery

Bisby, JA; Burgess, N; (2017) Differential effects of negative emotion on memory for items and associations, and their relationship to intrusive imagery. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences , 17 pp. 124-132. 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.07.012. Green open access

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Abstract

A crucial aspect of episodic memory formation is the way in which our experiences are stored within a coherent spatio-temporal context. We review research that highlights how the experience of a negative event can alter memory encoding in a complex manner, strengthening negative items but weakening associations with other items and the surrounding context. Recent evidence suggests that these opposing effects can occur through amygdala up-modulation to facilitate item encoding, while the hippocampal provision of contextual binding is down-modulated. We consider how these characteristics of memory for negative events might contribute to the development and maintenance of distressing intrusive imagery in posttraumatic stress disorder, and how they should influence therapeutic interventions.

Type: Article
Title: Differential effects of negative emotion on memory for items and associations, and their relationship to intrusive imagery
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.07.012
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.07.012
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1573642
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