How Does Allocation of Emotional Stimuli Impact Working Memory Tasks? An Overview

• DOI: 10.5709/acp-0265-y
• Publication Date: 2020-03-17T12:45:42Z
• Authors: Fabiana Silva Rib...; Flávia Heloisa Sa...; Pedro Barbas Albu...
• Keywords: Modalities; Emotional valence

In this review, we investigated the influence of happy/pleasurable and sad/unpleasant emotional stimuli on working memory (WM) performance. Twenty-eight out 356 articles were reviewed. We observed that used as mood inductors or targets comprising WM task. Results showed modalities influenced differently when updating, interference resolution, span, complex tasks applied. Specifically, found distinct effects for updating tasks, in which (a) verbal modality seems to be impaired regardless valence compared neutral stimuli, (b) visual processes appear improved by task, (c) words resolution As storage, seem decrease both visuospatial inductors.