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

Foster, Paul S.; Hubbard, Tyler; Campbell, Ransom W.; Poole, Jonathan; Pridmore, Michael; Bell, Chris; Harrison, David W.

doi:10.1007/s40708-016-0054-2

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“…This semantic memory model proposes that mental elements (images, words etc.) are stored in memory associated with other memories in complex memory networks, including emotional memory networks [63]. Since colour preferences seem to be established in childhood [42] repeated experiences with the preferred colours could become part of individual's emotional memories associated with thoughts, beliefs, motives and behaviour [1] and integrated into emotional traits.…”

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Colour Preferences and Personality Traits

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2021

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Colours are important features in human and natural environments and are related to several psychological functions. However, a possible relation between colour preferences and personality traits is scarcely investigated. The aim of the present study was to find out whether differences in preferences for colours also reflected differences in Big Five personality traits. The sample consisted of 206 individuals voluntarily recruited from a student sample. The participants chose one of six primary colours (blue, green, red, yellow, black, white) from the Natural Colour System (NCS) as their favorite colour. Personality traits were measured with the Big Five Inventory-44 (BFI-44. Blue and yellow was the most and least preferred chromatic colour, respectively. There were no gender differences in preferences for the chromatic colours, but more women preferred white and men preferred black. Compared to the rest of the sample, the blue group had higher scores on agreeableness and extraversion, and the red group had lower scores on agreeableness. Pairwise comparisons showed that the blue group had higher scores on agreeableness and extraversion than the red group, and higher scores on agreeableness compared to the green group. There were no significant personality differences for the other chromatic and achromatic colour groups.

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Colour Preferences and Personality Traits

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2021

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“…This then could act synergistically with weak contextual representations, thereby reinforcing their emotional valence. In other words, overgeneralized contextual representations might be more susceptible to "somatic markers" [56], as well as other forms of associative learning [53], which would increase the vulnerability to contextual signals that motivate drinking.…”

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Hippocampal subfield volumes in abstinent men and women with a history of alcohol use disorder

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Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has been associated with abnormalities in hippocampal volumes, but these relationships have not been fully explored with respect to sub-regional volumes, nor in association with individual characteristics such as age, gender differences, drinking history, and memory. The present study examined the impact of those variables in relation to hippocampal subfield volumes in abstinent men and women with a history of AUD. Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 Tesla, we obtained brain images from 67 participants with AUD (31 women) and 64 nonalcoholic control (NC) participants (31 women). The average duration of the most recent period of sobriety for AUD participants was 7.1 years. We used Freesurfer 6.0 to segment the hippocampus into 12 regions. These were imputed into statistical models to examine the relationships of brain volume with AUD group, age, gender, memory, and drinking history. Interactions with gender and age were of particular interest. Compared to the NC group, the AUD group had approximately 5% smaller subiculum, CA1, molecular layer, and hippocampal tail regions. Age was negatively associated with volumes for the AUD group in the subiculum and the hippocampal tail, but no significant interactions with gender were identified. The relationships for delayed and immediate memory with hippocampal tail volume differed for AUD and NC groups: Higher scores on tests of immediate and delayed memory were associated with smaller volumes in the AUD group, but larger volumes in the NC group. Length of sobriety was associated with decreasing CA1 volume in women (0.19% per year) and increasing volume size in men (0.38% per year). The course of abstinence on CA1 volume differed for men and women, and the differential relationships of subfield volumes to age and memory could indicate a distinction in the impact of AUD on functions of the hippocampal tail. These findings confirm and extend evidence that AUD, age, gender, memory, and abstinence differentially impact volumes of component parts of the hippocampus.

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“…This could act synergistically with weak contextual representations, thereby reinforcing their emotional valence. In other words, overgeneralized contextual representations might be more susceptible to "somatic markers" [57] , as well as other forms of associative learning [54] , which would increase the vulnerability to contextual signals that motivate drinking.…”

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Hippocampal Subfield Volumes in Abstinent Men and Women with a History of Alcohol Use Disorder

Sawyer

Salz

Adra

et al. 2019

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Alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been associated with abnormalities in hippocampal volumes, but these relationships have not been fully explored with respect to sub-regional volumes, nor in association with individual characteristics such as gender differences, age, and memory. The present study examined the impact of those variables in relation to hippocampal subfield volumes in abstinent men and women with a history of AUD. Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 Tesla, we obtained brain images from 67 participants (31 women) with AUD and 63 healthy control (NC) participants (30 women) without AUD. We used Freesurfer 6.0 to segment the hippocampus into 12 regions. These were imputed into mixed models to examine the relationships of brain volume with AUD group, gender, age, drinking history, and memory.The AUD group had approximately 5% smaller CA1, hippocampal tail, and molecular layer regions than the NC group. Age was negatively associated with volumes for the AUD group in the hippocampal tail, subiculum, and presubiculum. The relationships for delayed and immediate memory with hippocampal tail volume differed for AUD and NC groups: Higher scores were associated with smaller volumes in the AUD group, but larger volumes in the NC group. Length of sobriety was associated with decreasing CA1 volume in women (0.02% per year) and increasing volume size in men (0.03% per year). These findings confirm and extend evidence that AUD, gender, age, and abstinence differentially impact volumes of component parts of the hippocampus. The course of abstinence on CA1 volume differed for men and women, and the differential relationships of subregional volumes to age and memory could indicate a distinction in the impact of AUD on functions of the hippocampal tail.

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

Cited by 5 publications

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Colour Preferences and Personality Traits

Colour Preferences and Personality Traits

Hippocampal subfield volumes in abstinent men and women with a history of alcohol use disorder

Hippocampal Subfield Volumes in Abstinent Men and Women with a History of Alcohol Use Disorder

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