Je. Newhagen, TV-NEWS IMAGES THAT INDUCE ANGER, FEAR, AND DISGUST - EFFECTS ON APPROACH-AVOIDANCE AND MEMORY, Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 42(2), 1998, pp. 265-276
An experiment tested memory and approach-avoidance ratings for televis
ion news images that induce anger, fear, and disgust. Participants rat
ed the images by moving a computer paddle toward or away from the scre
en during the stimulus presentation. Anger images received the rating
closest to the screen, followed by images inducing fear and images ind
ucing disgust Images that induce anger were found to be the most memor
able on a latency-to-response measure, followed by images that induce
fear and images that induce disgust Both retroactive and proactive mem
ory effects were detected. Results are discussed in terms of comprehen
sion of television news.