How is social dominance related to our short-term memory? An EEG/ERP investigation of encoding and retrieval during a working memory task.

ABSTRACT: Social hierarchies exist in all societies and impact cognitive functions, brain mechanisms, social interactions, and behaviors. High status individuals often exhibit enhanced working memory (WM) performance compared to lower status individuals. This study examined whether individual differences in social dominance, as a predictor of future status, relate to WM abilities. Five hundred and twenty-five students completed the Personality Research Form dominance subscale questionnaire. From this sample, students with the highest and lowest scores were invited to participate in the study. Sixty-four participants volunteered to take part and were subsequently categorized into high- and low-dominance groups based on their dominance subscale questionnaire (PRF_d) scores. They performed a Sternberg

SUBMITTER: Mohamadpour H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408820 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature