The effect of negative mood intensity on autobiographical recall: Evidence for the underlying role of affect in mood congruence effect

Drače, Saša; Efendic, Emir; Marić, Nikola

doi:10.21465/rp0022.0001

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“…This is especially consistent for hyperarousal symptoms, which may be characterized as experiencing the physiological correlates of negative affect (Marshall-Berenz, Morrison, Schumacher, & Coffey, 2011). In the case of intrusive symptoms, it is possible that the state of negative affect increases the salience of negative memories through the process of moodcongruent memory (Drače, Efendić, & Marić, 2015). The more individuals experience negative emotions, the more likely they may be to cue negatively-valenced traumatic memories (Drace, 2013;Gupta & Khosla, 2006).…”

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The role of negative affect in the association between attention bias to threat and posttraumatic stress: An eye-tracking study

Mekawi

Murphy

Munoz

et al. 2020

Psychiatry Research

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Threat-related attention biases have been implicated in the development and maintenance of PTSD symptoms. Research examining mechanisms through which threat-related attention biases are associated with PTSD is scarce. Negative affect, a transdiagnostic risk factor for many types of psychopathology, is one potential mechanism that has yet to be examined. Thus, the present study (n = 92) tested the indirect effect of attention bias on PTSD via negative affect using rigorous eyetracking methodology in a sample of urban-dwelling, trauma-exposed African-American women. We found support for the hypothesis that attention bias toward threat was indirectly associated with PTSD symptoms through increased negative affect. These results suggest that negative affect may be an important etiological process through which attention bias patterns could impact PTSD symptom severity. This finding is particularly important since negative affect can be directly addressed in the context of treatment. Implications for psychological and pharmacological therapeutic interventions targeting threat-related attention biases and negative affect are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

The role of negative affect in the association between attention bias to threat and posttraumatic stress: An eye-tracking study

Mekawi

Murphy

Munoz

et al. 2020

Psychiatry Research

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“…Miranda and Kihlstrom (2005), for example, showed that memories recalled for positive, negative, or neutral cues were all rated as more or less pleasant depending on the induced mood state, indicating a generalized mood-congruent shift in the phenomenological experience of memory recall. Further, mood-congruent effects on memory were shown to be strengthened by increasing both the intensity and self-relevance of the mood induction (Drače, 2013; Drače et al, 2015). However, most of the observed moderators of autobiographical MCM were individual differences in affect-related trait characteristics such as self-esteem or emotion regulatory abilities, with higher scores on these measures shifting recall bias from mood congruent to mood incongruent (e.g., Josephson et al, 1996; Rusting & DeHart, 2000; Smith & Petty, 1995).…”

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“…Others observed increases in proportion rates for recalling positive/negative memories in a congruent versus incongruent mood in the range of .07–0.156 (e.g., Berntsen, 2002; Bullington, 1990; Ehrlichman & Halpern, 1988; Sakaki, 2007). Several studies have also indicated that mood shifts the valence of recalled memories in a mood-congruent direction (Drače, 2013; Drače & Desrichard, 2013; Drače et al, 2015), although such effects may not only influence memories for mood-congruent cues. Miranda and Kihlstrom (2005), for example, showed that memories recalled for positive, negative, or neutral cues were all rated as more or less pleasant depending on the induced mood state, indicating a generalized mood-congruent shift in the phenomenological experience of memory recall.…”

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Mood-congruent memory revisited.

Faul¹,

LaBar²

2023

Psychological Review

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Affective experiences are commonly represented by either transient emotional reactions to discrete events or longer term, sustained mood states that are characterized by a more diffuse and global nature. While both have considerable influence in shaping memory, their interaction can produce mood-congruent memory (MCM), a psychological phenomenon where emotional memory is biased toward content affectively congruent with a past or current mood. The study of MCM has direct implications for understanding how memory biases form in daily life, as well as debilitating negative memory schemas that contribute to mood disorders such as depression. To elucidate the factors that influence the presence and strength of MCM, here we systematically review the literature for studies that assessed MCM by inducing mood in healthy participants. We observe that MCM is often reported as enhanced accuracy for previously encoded mood-congruent content or preferential recall for mood-congruent autobiographical events, but may also manifest as false memory for mood-congruent lures. We discuss the relevant conditions that shape these effects, as well as instances of mood-incongruent recall that facilitate mood repair. Further, we provide guiding methodological and theoretical considerations, emphasizing the limited neuroimaging research in this area and the need for a renewed focus on memory consolidation. Accordingly, we propose a theoretical framework for studying the neural basis of MCM based on the neurobiological underpinnings of mood and emotion. In doing so, we review evidence for associative network models of spreading activation, while also considering alternative models informed by the cognitive neuroscience literature of emotional memory bias.

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“…Participants were not only faster at retrieving the memory in a bodycongruent position, but also retained the memory better (Dijkstra and Post, 2015). In a study by Drače et al (2015), participants were asked to recall one personal memory after being subjected to negative and neutral mood inductions. Results showed that after being exposed to the same semantic material, the recalled memories of participants in the strong negative mood condition were more negative than those in the moderate negative mood condition.…”

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What “Tears” Remind Us of: An Investigation of Embodied Cognition and Schizotypal Personality Trait Using Pencil and Teardrop Glasses

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Facial expressions influence our experience and perception of emotions-they not only tell other people what we are feeling but also might tell us what to feel via sensory feedback. We conducted three experiments to investigate the interaction between facial feedback phenomena and different environmental stimuli, by asking participants to remember emotional autobiographical memories. Moreover, we examined how people with schizotypal traits would be affected by their experience of emotional facial simulations. We found that using a directed approach (gripping a pencil with teeth/lips) while remembering a specific autobiographical memory could successfully evoke participants' positive (e.g., happy and excited)/negative (e.g., angry and sad) emotions (i.e., Experiment 1). When using indirective environmental stimuli (e.g., teardrop glasses), the results of our experiments (i.e., Experiments 2 and 3) investigating facial feedback and the effect of teardrop glasses showed that participants who scored low in schizotypy reported little effect from wearing teardrop glasses, while those with high schizotypy reported a much greater effect in both between-and within-subject conditions. The results are discussed from the perspective of sense of ownership, which people with schizophrenia are believed to have deficits in.

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The effect of negative mood intensity on autobiographical recall: Evidence for the underlying role of affect in mood congruence effect

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

The role of negative affect in the association between attention bias to threat and posttraumatic stress: An eye-tracking study

The role of negative affect in the association between attention bias to threat and posttraumatic stress: An eye-tracking study

Mood-congruent memory revisited.

What “Tears” Remind Us of: An Investigation of Embodied Cognition and Schizotypal Personality Trait Using Pencil and Teardrop Glasses

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