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Influence of Emotional Expression on Memory Recognition Bias: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Sergerie, Karine, Lepage, Martin, Armony, Jorge L.·2007·Biological Psychiatry

Abstract

Background Most studies of the influence of emotion on memory performance have focused on accuracy. However, there is evidence that emotion can influence other aspects of memory, in particular response bias (overall tendency to classify items as new or old regardless of the accuracy of the response). Here we investigated the behavioral and neural-related modulation of response bias by emotion.Methods Nineteen healthy individuals performed a recognition memory task on faces with happy, sad, and neutral expressions while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).Results We observed a familiarity (tendency to say "old") and novelty (tendency to say "new") bias for sad and happy faces, respectively. Novelty response bias was associated with amygdala and prefrontal cortex activity, whereas familiarity bias correlated with superior temporal gyrus activation.Conclusions These results show that emotional expressions can have an influence on memory beyond simple accuracy and that this effect is in part mediated by the amygdala, a region previously implicated in emotional perception and memory. Our findings might have important clinical relevance, because they could help explain some of the inconsistencies in the literature regarding emotional memory deficits in psychiatric populations.

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Authors
Sergerie, K., Lepage, M., & Armony, J. L.
Affiliations
Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
Corresponding author
Sergerie, Karine
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-11
Volume
62
Issue
10
Pages
1126-1133
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2010604181
Cited by
42
References
84
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FWCI
1.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP 53280, MOP 57724)
  • Canada Research Chairs
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
emotional expression, recognition memory, response bias, familiarity bias, novelty bias, face recognition (cognition), amygdala, prefrontal cortex, superior temporal gyrus, emotional memory
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Brain, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Neuropsychological Tests, Oxygen, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Reaction Time, Bias, Expressed Emotion

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