Spreading activation in emotional memory networks and the cumulative effects of somatic markers

• Published in: Brain informatics Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 85 - 93
• Main Authors: Foster, Paul S., Hubbard, Tyler, Campbell, Ransom W., Poole, Jonathan, Pridmore, Michael, Bell, Chris, Harrison, David W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Activation; Age; Artificial Intelligence; Cognitive Psychology; Computation by Abstract Devices; Computer Science; Correlation analysis; Health Informatics; Heart rate; Hypotheses; Markers; Networks; Neurosciences; Physiology; Resistance; Semantics; Spreading; Heart rate; Semantic memory; Skin conductance; Emotional memory; Emotion; Somatic markers; Episodic memory; Psychophysiology; Spreading activation

The theory of spreading activation proposes that the activation of a semantic memory node may spread along bidirectional associative links to other related nodes. Although this theory was originally proposed to explain semantic memory networks, a similar process may be said to exist with episodic or...