Memory and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives is a collection of original articles that explores cutting-edge research in memory and emotion, discussing findings, methodological techniques, and theoretical advances in one of the fastest-growing areas in psychology.
- contains contributions by leading researchers the field
- emphasizes cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology, and aging in covering contemporary advances in research on memory and emotion
- covers many of the current hot topics in the field including: dissociative amnesia and post-traumatic stress disorder; false, recovered and traumatic memories; flashbulb memories; the use of emotional memories in therapy; and the influence of emotion on autobiographical memory.
Content:
Chapter 1 Memory and Emotion from Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pages 1โ12): Bob Uttl
Chapter 2 Memory for Emotional Episodes: The Strengths and Limits of Arousal?Based Accounts (pages 13โ36): Daniel Reisberg
Chapter 3 Emotional Valence, Discrete Emotions, and Memory (pages 37โ58): Linda J. Levine and David A. Pizarro
Chapter 4 Remembering Emotional Events: The Relevance of Memory for Associated Emotions (pages 59โ82): Sven A. Christianson and Elisabeth Engelberg
Chapter 5 Are We Frightened Because We Run Away? Some Evidence from Metacognitive Feelings (pages 83โ103): Asher Koriat
Chapter 6 The Memory Enhancing Effect of Emotion: Functional Neuroimaging Evidence (pages 105โ134): Florin Dolcos, Kevin S. LaBar and Roberto Cabeza
Chapter 7 Why Memories May Become More Positive as People Age (pages 135โ158): Mara Mather
Chapter 8 Age?Related Changes in the Encoding and Retrieval of Emotional and Non?Emotional Information (pages 159โ187): Bob Uttl and Peter Graf
Chapter 9 Anxiety and the Encoding of Emotional Information (pages 189โ210): Andrew Mathews
Chapter 10 Memory, Emotion, and Psychotherapy: Maximizing the Positive Functions of Self?Defining Memories (pages 211โ232): Jefferson A. Singer
Chapter 11 Trauma and Memory: Normal Versus Special Memory Mechanisms (pages 233โ258): Gail S. Goodman and Pedro M. Paz?Alonso
Chapter 12 Trauma and Memory Revisited (pages 259โ291): John F. Kihlstrom