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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > avantage du dégoût

Preferred term

avantage du dégoût  

Definition

  • A memory phenomenon observed when participants remember disgust-related information better than fear-related information.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Chapman, H. A. (2018). Enhanced recall of disgusting relative to frightening photographs is not due to organisation. Cognition & Emotion, 32(6), 1220–1230. (131541668). https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2017.1394817

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Chapman, H. A., Johannes, K., Poppenk, J. L., Moscovitch, M., & Anderson, A. K. (2013). Evidence for the differential salience of disgust and fear in episodic memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(4), 1100–1112. (2012-27823-001). https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030503

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Ferré, P., Haro, J., & Hinojosa, J. A. (2018). Be aware of the rifle but do not forget the stench: Differential effects of fear and disgust on lexical processing and memory. Cognition & Emotion, 32(4), 796–811. (129795736). https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2017.1356700

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Moeck, E. K., Matson, L. A., & Takarangi, M. K. T. (2021). Mechanisms underlying memory enhancement for disgust over fear. Cognition & Emotion, 35(6), 1231–1237. (152624481). https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.1936460

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • West, J. T., & Mulligan, N. W. (2021). Investigating the replicability and boundary conditions of the mnemonic advantage for disgust. Cognition & Emotion, 35(4), 753–773. (151552495). https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1863187

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

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