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Arousal-Biased Competition in Perception and Memory (2011)
| Venue: | Perspectives on Psychological Science |
| Citations: | 26 - 1 self |
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@ARTICLE{Mather11arousal-biasedcompetition,
author = {Mara Mather and Mara Mather and Matthew R. Sutherl},
title = {Arousal-Biased Competition in Perception and Memory},
journal = {Perspectives on Psychological Science},
year = {2011},
pages = {349--369}
}
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Abstract
Much research indicates that experiencing emotional arousal (such as when hearing a loud gunshot) modifies perception, memory encoding and decision processes. But effects of arousal range from enhancing to impairing across different paradigms and stimuli and canonical models of emotional arousal cannot explain both the enhancing and impairing effects. In this talk, I will make the case that arousal biases neural competition to enhance high priority information and suppress low priority information.
