APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
The Effects of Emotional Content and Emotional Context on False Memory in Older Adults
- Weiwei Zhang
University of Otago - Julien Gross
University of Otago - Harlene Hayne
University of Otago
Abstract
We investigated the effects of emotional content and mood on false memories in older adults tested in the DRM paradigm. Older adults, like young adults, showed greater false recognition for negative lists than for positive or neutral lists. There was no mood effect on older adults’ false recognition.
Memory
