Daily fluctuations in positive affect positively co-vary with working memory performance

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Brose, Annette ^a   Lövdén, Martin ^b   Schmiedek, Florian ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diary study; Motivation; Positive affect; Variability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895076564     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035210     Document Type: Article

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