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Effects Of Emotional Content On Working Memory Updating: Proactive Interference And Resolution, Maria Guadalupe Corona
Effects Of Emotional Content On Working Memory Updating: Proactive Interference And Resolution, Maria Guadalupe Corona
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The working memory (WM) system refers to the structures and processes supporting the encoding, maintenance, manipulation, and retrieval of information to be used for goal-directed behavior. Proactive interference (PI) is often experienced when information to be processed shares physical properties with information that is no longer relevant. The working memory system may then process such information less efficiently (i.e., slower processing time) and less accurately, and control processes involved in interference resolution become triggered in order to maintain performance. The current study investigated the effects of emotional content on interference resolution by using a working memory updating paradigm. Specifically, an …