Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

Influence of the Negative IAPS and Method of Hemispheric Presentation on Performance on the Affective Auditory Verbal Learning Test

Show simple item record

dc.contributor Psychology
dc.contributor Franchina, Joseph J.
dc.contributor Denbow, D. Michael
dc.contributor Friedman, Bruce H.
dc.contributor Harrison, David W.
dc.contributor Crawford, Helen J.
dc.creator Cosenzo, Keryl Ann
dc.date 2014-03-14T20:11:45Z
dc.date 2014-03-14T20:11:45Z
dc.date 2002-04-16
dc.date 2002-05-09
dc.date 2003-05-21
dc.date 2002-05-21
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T08:08:19Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T08:08:19Z
dc.identifier etd-05092002-233958
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27609
dc.identifier http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05092002-233958/
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/276309
dc.description This investigation examined the effects of emotion and lateralized presentation of a list of affective words on the learning of that list. This investigation also attempted to assess the separate influences of emotion and arousal on verbal performance. Experiment I was a 2x2 factorial design: two types of pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS), negative or neutral and two gender conditions, male and female. Experiment I was used to verify that the IAPS results in an emotional response. Heart rate (HR) and skin conductance level (SCL) were measured during IAPS presentation. Emotion was assessed after IAPS presentation. Results showed the negative IAPS condition elicited significantly greater increases in SCL and decreases in HR, less self-reported of pleasantness and more self-reported activation than the neutral IAPS condition. Women had significantly lower SCL and higher HR than men; men and women did not differ in reported emotion. Experiment I verified that the negative IAPS elicit changes in SCL and negative emotion in men and women. Experiment II was a 2 x 2 x 2 mixed factorial design: two types of IAPS (negative or neutral), two AAVL conditions (positive and neutral AAVL words or negative and neutral AAVL words) and two presentation conditions (AAVL presented to the left ear (LE) or right ear (RE)). The measure of performance on the AAVL was the number of correct responses. HR and SCL were measured during presentation of the IAPS and of the AAVL. In the negative IAPS condition, performance on negative AAVL was significantly better than that for the positive AAVL; for presentation of the AAVL to the RE, performance on the negative AAVL was significantly better than that for the positive and neutral AAVLs. IAPS condition or ear of presentation alone did not significantly impact on AVVL performance or on SCL and HR during the recitation of the AAVL. Evidence showed that the effect of emotion on performance is a function of mood congruent processing and possibly the allocation of hemispheric resources.
dc.description Ph. D.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.publisher Virginia Tech
dc.relation Etd.pdf
dc.rights In Copyright
dc.rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject Negative Emotion
dc.subject Hemispheric Presentation
dc.subject Verbal Learning
dc.subject Performance
dc.title Influence of the Negative IAPS and Method of Hemispheric Presentation on Performance on the Affective Auditory Verbal Learning Test
dc.type Dissertation


Files in this item

Files Size Format View
Etd.pdf 273.7Kb application/pdf View/Open

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Search DSpace


Advanced Search

Browse