Performance costs when emotion tunes inappropriate cognitive abilities: Implications for mental resources and behavior

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 411-416

  Storbeck, Justin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Ego depletion; Emotion; Regulation; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84872158921     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026322     Document Type: Article

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