Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7276551 | Acta Psychologica | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Negative emotions can have an impact on a variety of cognitive domains, including Working Memory (WM). The present work investigated whether shame and guilt modulate WM performance in a dual-task test both in a non-clinical and a clinical population. In Experiment 1, 76 non-clinical participants performed a dual-task before and after being randomly assigned to shame, guilt or neutral inductions elicited by the writing of autobiographical past experiences. Shame and guilt elicitations were related to impaired WM performances. In Experiment 2, 65 clinical inpatients with eating disorders were assigned to the same procedure. The negative relationship of self-conscious emotions and WM was confirmed. Taken together these results suggest that shame and guilt are related to impairments of WM in both clinical and non-clinical participants.
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Authors
Cavalera Cesare, Pepe Alessandro, Zurloni Valentino, Diana Barbara, Realdon Olivia, Todisco Patrizia, Castelnuovo Gianluca, Molinari Enrico, Pagnini Francesco,