Emotional interference-based forgetting in short-term memory. Cognitive inhibition of pleasant but not unpleasant biologically relevant distractors

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  García Pacios, Javier ^a,b   Río, David Del ^b,c   Villalobos, Dolores ^a   Ruiz Vargas, José M ^d   Maestú, Fernando ^b,c  

^a CAMILO JOSÉ CELA UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive inhibition; Emotional distraction; Forgetting; Interference; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930946325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00582     Document Type: Article

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