Affective Modulation of Working Memory Maintenance: the Role of Positive and Negative Emotions

dc.contributor.authorGökçe, Ahu
dc.contributor.authorZinchenko, Artyom
dc.contributor.authorAnnac, Efsun
dc.contributor.authorConci, Markus
dc.contributor.authorGeyer, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-12T19:15:27Z
dc.date.available2021-06-12T19:15:27Z
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigated the impact of task-irrelevant emotional images on the retention of information in spatial working memory (WM). Two experiments employed a delayed matching-to-sample task where participants had to maintain the locations of four briefly presented squares. After a short retention interval, a probe item appeared and participants were required to indicate whether the probe position matched one of the previously occupied square positions. During the retention interval, task-irrelevant negative, positive, or neutral emotional pictures were presented. The results revealed a dissociation between negative and positive affect on the participants' ability to hold spatial locations in WM. While negative affective pictures reduced WM capacity, positive pictures increased WM capacity relative to the neutral images. Moreover, the specific valence and arousal of a given emotional picture was also related to WM performance: While higher valence enhanced WM capacity, higher levels of arousal in turn reduced WM capacity. Together, our findings suggest that emotions up- or down-regulate attention to items in WM and thus modulate the short-term storage of visual information in memory.en_US
dc.identifier.citation6
dc.identifier.doi10.5709/acp-0321-7en_US
dc.identifier.endpage116en_US
dc.identifier.issn1895-1171en_US
dc.identifier.issn1895-1171
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid37706177en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85112670708en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage107en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/4039
dc.identifier.volume17en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000654926600002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.institutionauthorGökçe, Ahuen_US
dc.institutionauthorGökçe, Ahu
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUNIV ECONOMICSen_US
dc.relation.journalADVANCES IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGYen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectspatial working memoryen_US
dc.subjectretentionen_US
dc.subjectIAPS picturesen_US
dc.subjectdelayed matching-to-sample tasken_US
dc.titleAffective Modulation of Working Memory Maintenance: the Role of Positive and Negative Emotionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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