Talkativeness of men and women and its relation with emotional memory

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Event Abstract Back to Event Talkativeness of men and women and its relation with emotional memory Antonella Gasbarri1*, Benedetto Arnone1, Assunta Pompili1, Clotilde M. Tavares2 and Carlos Tomaz2 1 University of L'Aquila, Department of Biomedical Scince & Technology, Italy 2 University of Brasília, Department of physiological Science, Brazil Recent researches reveal sex-related influences on emotional memory, and sex differences in cognition are consistently reported. On the light of our previous data, indicating that both sex and cerebral hemisphere constitute important interacting influences on neural correlates of emotion and emotional memory, and taking into account the sex-related differences in language processing and conversational behaviour, the aim of the present research was to analyze sex-related declarative memory and talkativeness in men and women. In order to evaluate possible talkativeness differences between the two sexes in the recollection of emotional stimuli, we recorded the number of words that men and women used when they were submitted to a declarative memory test, using two kinds of emotional stimuli: the International Affective Picture System (IAPS), a set of calibrated picture stimuli, and an Italian adaptation of two versions of a story, differing for their arousal characteristics (neutral and emotional), both widely used for investigating emotion and emotional memory. The evaluation of the number of words, utilized by men and women during the free recall of both kind of stimuli, revealed that women used an higher number of words compared to men. In conclusion, according to previous studies indicating that men and women process emotional stimuli differently, our findings suggest the existence of gender-related neural responses to emotional stimuli and could also contribute to the understanding of mechanisms underlying the gender disparity of neuropsychiatric diseases, such as mood disorders. Conference: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Rhodes Island, Greece, 13 Sep - 18 Sep, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Poster presentations Citation: Gasbarri A, Arnone B, Pompili A, Tavares CM and Tomaz C (2009). Talkativeness of men and women and its relation with emotional memory. Conference Abstract: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.08.2009.09.156 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 09 Jun 2009; Published Online: 09 Jun 2009. * Correspondence: Antonella Gasbarri, University of L'Aquila, Department of Biomedical Scince & Technology, L'Aquila, Italy, antonella.gasbarri@cc.univaq.it Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Antonella Gasbarri Benedetto Arnone Assunta Pompili Clotilde M Tavares Carlos Tomaz Google Antonella Gasbarri Benedetto Arnone Assunta Pompili Clotilde M Tavares Carlos Tomaz Google Scholar Antonella Gasbarri Benedetto Arnone Assunta Pompili Clotilde M Tavares Carlos Tomaz PubMed Antonella Gasbarri Benedetto Arnone Assunta Pompili Clotilde M Tavares Carlos Tomaz Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.