Emotional Encoding Context Leads to Memory Bias in Individuals with High Anxiety

• Published in: Brain sciences Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 6
• Main Authors: Lee, Christopher, Fernandes, Myra A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 27.12.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Anxiety; Bias; context; emotion; Emotions; Memory; recognition; context; recognition; anxiety; emotion; memory

We investigated whether anxious individuals, who adopt an inherently negative mindset, demonstrate a particularly salient memory bias for words tainted by negative contexts. To this end, sequentially presented target words, overlayed onto negative or neutral pictures, were studied in separate blocks...