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

Cavalera, C., Pepe, A., Zurloni, V., Diana, B., Realdon, O., Todisco, P., et al. (2018). Negative social emotions and cognition: Shame, guilt and working memory impairments. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA, 188(July 2018), 9-15 [10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.05.005].

Negative social emotions and cognition: Shame, guilt and working memory impairments

Cavalera, Cesare
Primo
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Pepe, Alessandro
Secondo
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Zurloni, Valentino;Diana, Barbara;Realdon, Olivia;Todisco, Patrizia;
2018

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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Eating disorders; Guilt; Shame; Working memory; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous);
English
2018
188
July 2018
9
15
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Cavalera, C., Pepe, A., Zurloni, V., Diana, B., Realdon, O., Todisco, P., et al. (2018). Negative social emotions and cognition: Shame, guilt and working memory impairments. ACTA PSYCHOLOGICA, 188(July 2018), 9-15 [10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.05.005].
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