The effect of post-learning positive arousal on memory consolidation

Esmaeili, Maryam; Karimi, Masoumeh; Tabatabaie, Kazem Rasoulzadeh; Moradi, Alireza

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.01.018

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“…The findings of this follow-on study indicate that pleasant arousal post-learning has similar effects on enhancing memory in dogs as it does in humans [ 20 ]. Surprisingly, a recent study [ 5 ] failed to find a positive effect on memory consolidation when dogs were allowed to play with a Kong ® dog toy (Golden, CO, USA) and were retested on a newly learned task immediately afterwards.…”

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Dog–Human Play, but Not Resting Post-Learning Improve Re-Training Performance up to One Year after Initial Task Acquisition in Labrador Retriever Dogs: A Follow-On Study

Affenzeller

2020

Animals

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Arousing and emotional situations can improve cognitive performance and the memorability of events. Recently, the enhancement of training performance in Labrador Retriever dogs through 30 min of dog–human play immediately after acquiring a novel task, when compared to a resting period, was demonstrated. This follow-on study used the same pseudo-randomized, counterbalanced, between-subject study design, and 11 Labrador Retrievers were re-trained in the identical two-choice discrimination paradigm after a period of 1 year. The playful activities group needed significantly less trials and made significantly less errors to successfully reach the re-training criterion (Mann–Whitney U test, critical value of U at p < 0.05 is 5, U = 5, Z = 1.73, p = 0.04 and U = 4.5, Z = 1.8, p = 0.03, respectively). Following model simplification of a multiple factor/covariate general linear model analysis, the type of intervention, the number of trials needed to re-learn the task after 24 h, the average heart rate during the intervention a year ago, and age were significantly correlated to the number of trials and errors needed to resolve the task. A significant difference due to intervention allocation (heart rate during the intervention, trials needed to re-learn the task after 24 h) between the groups was confirmed. Age did not significantly differ between the groups; nevertheless, the effects of ageing cannot be fully excluded, given the low sample size. No effects of the trainer and of the cortisol concentrations (of the previous year) were observed. This is the first evidence that post-training activity may influence memory up to 1 year after task acquisition.

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Dog–Human Play, but Not Resting Post-Learning Improve Re-Training Performance up to One Year after Initial Task Acquisition in Labrador Retriever Dogs: A Follow-On Study

Affenzeller

2020

Animals

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“…An example of this would be to reinforce the canine the entire way back to the vehicle, allow the canine to possess the reinforcement on the journey back to the vehicle and continue to praise the canine during the loading process. Emphasis should be placed on the level of arousal that occurs during reinforcement as increased arousal levels have been proven to enhance learning and memory consolidation ( 13 – 15 ). In fact, the reinforcement may not even need to be related to the task of substance detection for learning to occur as the dopamine release during unrelated pleasant experiences affect learning and memory ( 14 , 15 ).…”

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“…For example, If the canine successfully responds to a target odor it will be given the opportunity to engage in a directional control session. The higher value behavior (directional control) can be independent and semantically unrelated to the lower value behavior (odor detection) so long as it is applied with immediacy, increases emotional arousal and is applied with duration ( 13 , 14 , 21 , 22 ).…”

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Identifying and Resolving End of Session Cues in Substance Detection Canine Training

2018

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When training and working a substance detection canine, a trained final response should be performed immediately upon recognition of odor (Generally, a 1–3 s window is preferred within our detection practices). Typical canine training places much emphasis on planning and setting up training scenarios to achieve specific objectives but not much consideration is given to how to end a training session. When the canine fails to maintain criteria, trainers are left trying to determine the cause of poor performance. One consideration often overlooked is a phenomenon called End of Session Cueing that may exist in detection training whereby a previously trained canine no longer responds to odor because it has taken on aversive association. This may be due to several factors associated with motivation. The sequence of events at the end of a session can be as equally important to maintain motivation for the task of scent detection in future sessions. This paper will identify and examine multiple factors associated with “End of Session Cues” in working dogs, how they may be responsible for poor final response performance and discuss potential strategies to address them.

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Effect of positive emotion on consolidation of memory for faces: The modulation of facial valence and facial gender

Wang

2013

Memory

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Studies have shown that emotion elicited after learning enhances memory consolidation. However, no prior studies have used facial photos as stimuli. This study examined the effect of post-learning positive emotion on consolidation of memory for faces. During the learning participants viewed neutral, positive, or negative faces. Then they were assigned to a condition in which they either watched a 9-minute positive video clip, or a 9-minute neutral video. Then 30 minutes after the learning participants took a surprise memory test, in which they made "remember", "know", and "new" judgements. The findings are: (1) Positive emotion enhanced consolidation of recognition for negative male faces, but impaired consolidation of recognition for negative female faces; (2) For males, recognition for negative faces was equivalent to that for positive faces; for females, recognition for negative faces was better than that for positive faces. Our study provides the important evidence that effect of post-learning emotion on memory consolidation can extend to facial stimuli and such an effect can be modulated by facial valence and facial gender. The findings may shed light on establishing models concerning the influence of emotion on memory consolidation.

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The effect of post-learning positive arousal on memory consolidation

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Dog–Human Play, but Not Resting Post-Learning Improve Re-Training Performance up to One Year after Initial Task Acquisition in Labrador Retriever Dogs: A Follow-On Study

Dog–Human Play, but Not Resting Post-Learning Improve Re-Training Performance up to One Year after Initial Task Acquisition in Labrador Retriever Dogs: A Follow-On Study

Identifying and Resolving End of Session Cues in Substance Detection Canine Training

Effect of positive emotion on consolidation of memory for faces: The modulation of facial valence and facial gender

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