The Integration of Emotion and Cognitive Control

Working memory is studied not simply because it relates to elementary cognitive tasks measured in the lab (Engle, 2002), but because it is extremely good at predicting how people will perform on a wide range of real-world tasks such as reasoning (Kyllonen & Christal, 1990), problem solving (Carp...

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Published inWorking Memory pp. 239 - 260
Main Authors Mattarella-Micke, Andrew, Beilock, Sian L.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Psychology Press 2013
Edition1
Subjects
Stereotype Threat Condition
Dot Probe
Working Memory Task
Dot Probe Task
Working Memory Demands
Automated Working Memory Assessment
Visuo Spatial
SAT Problem
High Pressure Situation
Glycemic Load
Prospective Memory
Verbal Working Memory Resources
Working Memory
High Trait Anxious Individuals
Working Memory Span Task
Verbal Working Memory Task
Spatial Working Memory Impairments
Visuo Spatial Working Memory
Visuo Spatial Short Term Memory
Stereotype Threat
WMC
Working Memory Performance
Math Anxiety
Verbal Rumination
Working Memory Mechanism
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Summary:Working memory is studied not simply because it relates to elementary cognitive tasks measured in the lab (Engle, 2002), but because it is extremely good at predicting how people will perform on a wide range of real-world tasks such as reasoning (Kyllonen & Christal, 1990), problem solving (Carpenter, Just, & Shell, 1990), and language comprehension (MacDonald, Just, & Carpenter, 1992). Despite working memory's predictive power in the laboratory, the real world itself is not composed of subjects toiling away dispassionately at abstract cognitive puzzles. Rather, it contains real challenges, stacked with significant material and affective consequences for the people that engage them.
ISBN:1848726147
9781848726185
184872618X
9781848726147
DOI:10.4324/9780203094600-17