Aging and distractor resistance in working memory: Does emotional valence matter?

Abstract Background Emotional stimuli used as targets of working memory (WM) tasks can moderate age-related differences in WM performance, showing that aging is associated with reductions in negativity bias. This phenomenon is referred to as the positivity effect. However, there is little research o...

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Main Authors: Lin-jie Ding, Shao-shuai Zhang, Ming Peng, Xu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:BMC Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00953-y