ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
How Does a Threatening Stimulus Affect the Memory of the Display?
- Tal Makovski
The Open University of Israel - Shiran Michael
The Open University of Israel - Eran Chajut
The Open University of Israel
Abstract
The results of four experiments revealed that, regardless of attentional requirements, overall visual memory is enhanced when more threatening items are presented in the display. However, the elevated memory of a threatening image does not come at the expense of the memory of an image presented nearby.
Memory
