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dc.contributor.authorAndrade, Jackie
dc.contributor.authorIJdema, T
dc.contributor.authorVadazs, N
dc.contributor.authorMay, Jon
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-12T16:05:18Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-09
dc.identifier.issn1747-0226
dc.identifier.issn1747-0226
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/19531
dc.description.abstract

Background and Objectives: People often re-live memories by talking about them. Verbal thinking is usually less emotive than imagery-based thinking but it is not known if this finding generalises to recollection. We tested if narrating memories aloud reduces their affective charge compared with recollecting them using imagery. Methods: Participants were randomized to two conditions: imagery (recalling the memory silently as vividly as possible) or narration (describing the memory out loud as clearly as possible). After practicing with a neutral topic, they recalled three aversive (experiments 1 and 2) or three happy (experiment 3) memories using narration or imagery, and rated emotionality of the memory after each recall. Before and after the procedure, they completed the PANAS to measure effects on mood. Experiments 2 and 3 included a 24h Peer Review Version follow-up. Results: Emotionality was consistently lower following narrated recollection than imaginal recollection: narrated mean=5.3, SD=2.5; imaginal mean=7.2, SD=2.0; effect size (difference in means divided by overall SD) = 0.78. Negative affect increased after recollection of aversive memories and positive affect decreased, but there were no effects of condition upon mood. Recalling a positive memory had no effect on mood. Follow-up data showed no lasting effects of recall mode on availability of memories or mood. Conclusions: Narration of emotional autobiographical memories reduces the emotionality of the recollection, but does not differentially change mood compared with image-based recall.

dc.format.extent1683-1695
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectAutobiographical memory
dc.subjectMental imagery
dc.subjectTalking therapies
dc.subjectEmotion
dc.titleTell me all about it: narrated memories are less emotional than imagined memories
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeRandomized Controlled Trial
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.issue7
plymouth.volume76
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/17470218221126720
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Psychology
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience/UoA04 REF peer reviewers
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-08-11
dc.rights.embargodate2022-10-11
dc.identifier.eissn1747-0226
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1177/17470218221126720
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