Date of Award
Summer 6-26-2020
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts - Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. James Schaeffer
Second Advisor
Dr. Steven Estrada
Third Advisor
Dr. Nathan Sparkman
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Luis Aguerrevere
Abstract
Loneliness, the perception of unmet social needs, has been shown to relate to recollection-based recognition deficits, but the relationship between loneliness and recognition memory (i.e., recollection and familiarity) has not been thoroughly examined. The current study hypothesized that more lonely individuals would have lower recognition memory performance, specifically recollection, with smaller ERP parietal old-new effects than less lonely individuals. Forty participants, grouped into less (n = 13) and more (n = 9) lonely groups based on their R-UCLA responses, completed an associative memory task. EEG was used to assess recognition memory effects. Results showed no significant difference in both behavioral and ERP recognition memory effects between lonely groups, showing that lonelier individuals had no specific recollection-based recognition memory deficits. Evidence of a negative trend between loneliness and recognition memory effects was observed. Future research should include more participants and better methodology to explore the loneliness-recognition memory relationship.
Keywords: loneliness, perceived social isolation, memory, recognition memory, electroencephalogram (EEG), event-related potential (ERP)
Repository Citation
Chek, Carmen Jia Wen, "An EEG Study on Loneliness and Recognition Memory" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 336.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/336
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