In the present research, we used the misinformation paradigm to investigate the effects of participants' mood during encoding of an event, and the emotional content of the event on false memory. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three mood-induction groups (positive, negative, or neutral) and they all watched a video of an event that was comprised of positive, negative, and neutral scenes. Participants returned 24-h later, and were randomly assigned to one of three question groups (misleading, leading, or neutral). False memory was higher for information pertaining to the negative scenes of the event than for information pertaining to the positive scenes of the event. Mood during encoding, however, did not influence false memory of the event. These findings have important practical implications in the context of the courtroom where to-be-remembered events and witnesses' mood are often emotionally laden.

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事件的情绪内容而不是情绪影响错误记忆

在目前的研究中，我们使用错误信息范式来调查参与者在事件编码过程中情绪的影响，以及事件的情感内容对错误记忆的影响。参与者被随机分配到三个情绪诱导组（积极、消极或中性）之一，他们都观看了由积极、消极和中性场景组成的事件视频。参与者在 24 小时后返回，并被随机分配到三个问题组之一（误导性、领导性或中性）。与事件的消极场景有关的信息的错误记忆高于与事件的积极场景有关的信息。然而，编码期间的情绪不会影响对事件的错误记忆。