A LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF EMOTIONAL VALENCE AND AROUSAL ON MEMORY, WITH A FOCUS ON THE RECOLLECTION OF EMOTIONAL EVENTS

How does the valence and arousal of emotions affect the accuracy and recall of emotional events? Emotional valence and arousal are two major components of emotions that affect how the emotions affect the memory of an individual. Research has shown that memories that are emotionally intense and significant to the individual change what information is remembered and recalled easier, depending on the valence and arousal level. The vividness of emotionally intense memories is often better than neutral events, but the accuracy of recall of emotional events are often more inaccurate and inconsistent compared to neutral events.