Evaluación de las manifestaciones autonómicas asociadas a la aplicación de una prueba auditivovisual de memoria emocional en humanos.

In order to contribute to the characterization of people's arousal state when exposed to an audio-visual emotional memory test, 63 volunteers aged from 18 up to 48 years old were distributed randomly in two groups according to the test stories' narrated versions (Emotional or Neutral). The mnemonic performance, the emotional value, and in parallel to the sessions, the skin's electrical conductance (SCL) and pulse's frequency (FP) were evaluated. Altogether, these results verified an enhancer mnemonic effect induced by the emotional version associated to sympathetic activation and parasympathetic inhibition both in acquisition and recovery. It is therefore concluded that the arousal perception is coherent with the induced physiological state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]