Abstract
In mood-congruent effect, it is not clear whether retrieval of mood-congruent memory is facilitated, or retrieval of mood-incongruent memory is inhibited. Furthermore, the effect of mood on episodes in retrieving is different when the episodes are related or unrelated with a mood induced task (Sakaki, 2007). In this study using "guided imagery task" in which participants read a fictional story and imagined as if they were in that story, participants' mood (positive, negative, or neutral) was induced. Then, we examined the influence of mood in retrieving episodes related or unrelated with the task. As a result, participants in the positive condition retrieved positive episodes more than in the neutral condition regardless of episodes related or unrelated to the task. There was no significant difference between the negative condition and the neutral condition. These results suggest a possibility that in positive mood retrieval of positive episodes is facilitated.
