Topic: positive arousal

Arousal influences episodic memory retrieval, improving performance for arousing to-be-remembered stimuli, but its effect on later memory processes remains unclear. This functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study investigated the effect of negative and positive arousal on memory of unrelated, neutral information presented following arousal exposure. Considering a decline in episodic memory retrieval and alterations in emotion regulation processes that occur in healthy ageing, we aimed to examine the effect of arousal on memory in young and old adults. Our findings indicate that both gr