Martinez, Brandy S, Denis, Dan orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-7587, Kim, Sara Y et al. (4 more authors) (2023) The effects of cognitive reappraisal and sleep on emotional memory formation. Cognition & emotion. pp. 942-958. ISSN 0269-9931
Abstract
Emotion regulation (i.e. either up- or down-regulating affective responses to emotional stimuli) has been shown to modulate long-term emotional memory formation. Further, research has demonstrated that the emotional aspects of scenes are preferentially remembered relative to neutral aspects (known as the emotional memory trade-off effect). This trade-off is often enhanced when sleep follows learning, compared to an equivalent period of time spent awake. However, the interactive effects of sleep and emotion regulation on emotional memory are poorly understood. We presented 87 participants with pictures of neutral or negative objects on neutral backgrounds paired with instructions to either increase or decrease their emotional response by altering personal relevance, or to passively view the stimuli. Following a 12 h period of sleep or wakefulness, participants were tested for their memory of objects and backgrounds separately. Although we replicated the emotional memory trade-off effect, no differences in the magnitude of the trade-off effect were observed between regulation conditions. Sleep improved all aspects of memory, but it did not preferentially benefit memory for emotional components of scenes. Irrespective of a period of sleep or wake following encoding, findings suggest emotion regulation during encoding did not influence memory for emotional items at a 12-hour delay.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Humans,Sleep/physiology,Emotions/physiology,Mental Recall/physiology,Emotional Regulation,Cognition |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2023 08:00 |
Last Modified: | 27 Feb 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2023.2221843 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02699931.2023.2221843 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:202220 |
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