Avoidance-motivational intensity modulated the effect of negative emotion on working memory.

ABSTRACT: Although many studies have explored the association between negative emotion and working memory, the findings remain controversial. The present study investigated the role of avoidance-motivational intensity in modulating the effect of negative emotion on different processes (maintenance versus manipulation) of verbal and spatial working memory. Two experiments employed the modified delayed match-to-sample paradigms to separate the two processes of verbal and spatial working memory under different emotional states, respectively. In Experiment 1, participants were asked to perform the delayed match-to-sample task with or without reordering the characters (manipulation process of verbal working memory). In Experiment 2, mental rotation was used as the manipulation process of spatial working

SUBMITTER: Hou T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10245204 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature