Memoria emocional en adultos mayores: Evaluación del recuerdo de estÃmulos negativos / Emotional memory in older adults: Negative stimuli recall test
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La memoria emocional es el resultado del almacenamiento de la información que estuvo acompañada por factores activantes o estresantes a través de los cuales pudo fijarse con más facilidad. Varias investigaciones señalan que los eventos con contenido emocional se suelen recordar en mayor medida que los neutros. En este estudio se examinó el impacto de la edad en la valoración y el recuerdo de estÃmulos emocionales negativos en personas adultas mayores, comparando su desempeño con el de adultos jóvenes. Para cumplir ese objetivo los participantes observaron 48 imágenes con contenido emocional negativo o neutro, a medida que las observaban valoraban su impacto emocional y luego, de modo inmediato, se evaluó su recuerdo. Se encontró que la retención de las imágenes (tanto emocionales como neutras) era significativamente menor en los adultos mayores que en los jóvenes. Sin embargo, en ambos grupos se mantuvo la valoración del contenido emocional.
Palabras clave: memoria emocional; envejecimiento; ancianos; estÃmulos emocionales negativos; evaluación del recuerdo; memoria; artÃculo empÃrico
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Abstract
Emotional memory is the result of storage the information that was accompanied by very stressful or arousal factors through which may be fixed more easily. Several investigations indicated that emotional events are better remembered than neutral ones. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of age on the assessment of emotional stimuli and emotional memory in elderly people, comparing their performance with that of young adults. To achieve this goal the participants watched 48 images with negative emotional or neutral content and immediately after that they performed a recall test. This study found that the retention of the information with emotional and neutral content is significantly lower in older adults. Nevertheless, in both groups the emotional assessment of the images was preserved.
Key words: emotional memory; aging; elderly; negative emotional stimuli; recall test; memory; empirical article.
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