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

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dc.contributor.author Gokce,A.
dc.contributor.author Gökçe, Ahu
dc.contributor.author Zinchenko,A.
dc.contributor.author Annac,E.
dc.contributor.author Conci,M.
dc.contributor.author Geyer,T.
dc.contributor.other Psychology
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-15T19:42:11Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-15T19:42:11Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.department Kadir Has University en_US
dc.department-temp Gokce A., Department of Psychology, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey; Zinchenko A., Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany; Annac E., Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany; Conci M., Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany; Geyer T., Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany en_US
dc.description.abstract The 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. © 2021 University of Finance and Management in Warsaw. All rights reserved. en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.5709/ACP-0321-7
dc.identifier.endpage 116 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1895-1171
dc.identifier.issue 2 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85112670708
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q4
dc.identifier.startpage 107 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.5709/ACP-0321-7
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/6527
dc.identifier.volume 17 en_US
dc.identifier.wosquality Q4
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Advances in Cognitive Psychology en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 11
dc.subject Spatial working memory retention IAPS pictures delayed matching-to-sample task en_US
dc.title Affective Modulation of Working Memory Maintenance: the Role of Positive and Negative Emotions en_US
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