Daily variability in working memory is coupled with negative affect: the role of attention and motivation

• Published in: Emotion (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 605
• Main Authors: Brose, Annette, Schmiedek, Florian, Lövdén, Martin, Lindenberger, Ulman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Affect; Attention; Female; Humans; Male; Memory, Short-Term; Motivation; Young Adult

Across days, individuals experience varying levels of negative affect, control of attention, and motivation. We investigated whether this intraindividual variability was coupled with daily fluctuations in working memory (WM) performance. In 100 days, 101 younger individuals worked on a spatial N-bac...