Women using hormonal contraceptives show increased valence ratings and memory performance for emotional information
| Autor: | Nathalie Schicktanz, Klara Spalek, Eva Loos, Francina Hartmann, Christina Stier, Dominique J.-F. de Quervain, Annette Milnik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Memory performance Article Contraceptives Oral Hormonal Developmental psychology hormonal contraceptives emotional valence Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Perception Human behaviour Emotional memory Humans Young adult Valence (psychology) Gonadal Steroid Hormones media_common Pharmacology Recall Cognition 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Mental Recall Visual Perception Female Arousal Psychology Photic Stimulation 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Neuropsychopharmacology |
| ISSN: | 1740-634X 0893-133X |
| Popis: | Perception of emotional valence and emotional memory performance vary across the menstrual cycle. However, the consequences of altered ovarian hormone levels due to the intake of hormonal contraceptives on these emotional and cognitive processes remain to be established. In the present study, which included 2169 healthy young females, we show that hormonal contraceptives (HC) users rated emotional pictures as more emotional than HC-non-users and outperformed non-users in terms of better memory recall of emotional pictures. The observed association between HC-status and memory performance was partially mediated by the perception of emotional picture valence, indicating that increased valence ratings of emotional pictures in HC-users led to their better emotional memory performance. These findings extend the knowledge about the relation of HC-intake with emotional valence perception and emotional memory performance. Further, the findings might stimulate further research investigating the interrelation of enhanced memory for emotional events and the increased risk for anxiety-related psychiatric disorders in women. peerReviewed |
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