Neutral auditory words immediately followed by painful electric shock show reduced next-day recollection
Caroline M. Norton, James W. Ibinson, Samantha J. Pcola, Vencislav Popov, Joshua J. Tremel, Lynne M. Reder, Julie A. Fiez, Keith M. Vogt
This study shows that painful electric shocks immediately after auditory words reduce next-day recollection of those words, suggesting pain disrupts memory encoding.
bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2020 · PreprintNeuroscience