Emotional States, Attention, and Working Memory : A Special Issue of Cognition & Emotion Hardback
Edited by Nazanin Derakhshan, Michael Eysenck
Part of the Special Issues of Cognition and Emotion series
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This Special Issue is concerned with the effects of three emotional states (positive affect; anxiety; and depression) on performance.
More specifically, the contributors focus on the potential mediating effects of attention and of executive processes of working memory.
The evidence discussed suggests that anxiety and depression both impair the executive functions of shifting and inhibition, in part due to task-irrelevant processing (e.g., rumination; worry).
In contrast, positive affect seems to enhance the shifting function and does not impair the inhibition function.
The complicating role of motivational intensity is also discussed, as are implications for future research.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/03/2010
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- ISBN:9781848727168
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:25/03/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781848727168
