Improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non-emotional working memory training
People with high working memory (WM) capacity tend to respond proactively and experience a decrease in undesired emotions, implying the potential influence of WM training on emotional responses. Although training emotional WM could enhance emotional control, the training also improves emotional resp...
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| author | Quanshan Long Linlin Yu Yancheng Tang Qing Li Na Hu Yan Gu Antao Chen |
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| description | People with high working memory (WM) capacity tend to respond proactively and experience a decrease in undesired emotions, implying the potential influence of WM training on emotional responses. Although training emotional WM could enhance emotional control, the training also improves emotional response itself. Thus, the far-transfer effects of non-emotional WM training on emotional responses remain an open question. In the present study, two experiments were conducted to detect these effects. The Preliminary experiment matched the expectations of the gains of the training tasks between the experimental and active control groups (n = 33). In Experiments 1 and 2, participants performed 7-day and 15-day training procedures, respectively. Results indicated that after a 7-day training, non-emotional WM training (n = 17) marginally reduced individuals’ emotional responses compared with the active control group (n = 18); importantly, this improvement became significant after a 15-day training (n(WM training) = 20, n(active control) = 18). A combination analysis for Experiments 1 and 2 showed that training gains on WM performance were significantly related to reduced emotional responses (r = −0.359), indicating a dosage effect. Therefore, non-emotional WM training provides a safe and effective way to enhance adaptive emotional responses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cce92d6104744b889354eac6b1b2368f2023-01-05T12:15:32ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience1662-51532023-01-011610.3389/fnbeh.2022.10588661058866Improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non-emotional working memory trainingQuanshan Long0Linlin Yu1Yancheng Tang2Qing Li3Na Hu4Yan Gu5Antao Chen6Faculty of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaDepartment of Preschool & Special Education, Kunming University, Kunming, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cognition and Personality of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, ChinaPeople with high working memory (WM) capacity tend to respond proactively and experience a decrease in undesired emotions, implying the potential influence of WM training on emotional responses. Although training emotional WM could enhance emotional control, the training also improves emotional response itself. Thus, the far-transfer effects of non-emotional WM training on emotional responses remain an open question. In the present study, two experiments were conducted to detect these effects. The Preliminary experiment matched the expectations of the gains of the training tasks between the experimental and active control groups (n = 33). In Experiments 1 and 2, participants performed 7-day and 15-day training procedures, respectively. Results indicated that after a 7-day training, non-emotional WM training (n = 17) marginally reduced individuals’ emotional responses compared with the active control group (n = 18); importantly, this improvement became significant after a 15-day training (n(WM training) = 20, n(active control) = 18). A combination analysis for Experiments 1 and 2 showed that training gains on WM performance were significantly related to reduced emotional responses (r = −0.359), indicating a dosage effect. Therefore, non-emotional WM training provides a safe and effective way to enhance adaptive emotional responses.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1058866/fullworking memoryemotional responsecognitive trainingexpectationplacebo effect |
| spellingShingle | Quanshan Long Linlin Yu Yancheng Tang Qing Li Na Hu Yan Gu Antao Chen Improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non-emotional working memory training Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience working memory emotional response cognitive training expectation placebo effect |
| title | Improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non-emotional working memory training |
| title_full | Improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non-emotional working memory training |
| title_fullStr | Improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non-emotional working memory training |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non-emotional working memory training |
| title_short | Improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non-emotional working memory training |
| title_sort | improving adaptive response to negative stimuli through non emotional working memory training |
| topic | working memory emotional response cognitive training expectation placebo effect |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1058866/full |
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