Working memory load attenuates emotional enhancement in recognition memory
Emotionally arousing stimuli are perceived and remembered better than neutral stimuli. Under threat, this negativity bias is further increased. We investigated whether working memory load can attenuate incidental memory for emotional images. Two groups of participants performed the N-back task with...
| Published in: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-03-01
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00112/full |