Emotion, working memory task demands and individual differences predict behavior, cognitive effort and negative affect

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-117

  Storbeck, Justin ^a   Davidson, Nicole A ^a   Dahl, Chelsea F ^a   Blass, Sara ^a   Yung, Edwin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

BIS; Cognitive control; Emotion; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CREATIVITY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SELF CONTROL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTIVATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920181259     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.904222     Document Type: Article

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