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Psicothema, 2012. Vol. Vol. 24 (nº 2). 199-204




¿Es la memoria del optimista menos influenciable por las emociones negativas?

Vicent Blai Beneyto Molina y Enrique García Fernández-Abascal

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

En este trabajo se pretende contrastar si un rasgo positivo de personalidad como es el optimismo podría minimizar el sesgo en el recuerdo diferencial de palabras tras inducir una emoción determinada. Se indujo un determinado estado emocional a 59 sujetos tras mostrarles una lista de palabras con distinta valencia afectiva, instándoles a continuación a recordar dichas palabras. Los resultados encontrados indican una tendencia de los menos optimistas a recordar y reconocer mayor número de palabras negativas en la condición de emoción negativa, alcanzando significación estadística para el grupo femenino de emoción negativa con respecto al reconocimiento de palabras negativas.

Is an optimistic memory less easily influenced by negative than by positive emotions? This work examines whether a positive personality trait, such as optimism, can reduce bias in differential words recalled after inducing a certain emotion. After showing a list of words with various emotional valences to a group of 59 subjects, a specific emotional state was induced. Subsequently, the subjects were asked to recall the list of words. The results obtained indicated that less optimistic subjects had a tendency to recall and recognize a greater number of negative words when in a negative emotional condition. Statistical significance was reached in the female group’s negative word recognition when experiencing negative emotion.

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