Emotional states affect the retention of biological motion in working memory.

Emotion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1446-1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Guo ◽  
Wenmin Li ◽  
Xiqian Lu ◽  
Xiaodong Xu ◽  
Fangfang Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Emotional States

scholarly journals Load-sensitive impairment of working memory for biological motion in schizophrenia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. e0186498
Author(s):  
Hannah Lee ◽  
Jejoong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Biological Motion

Introduction to the special issue: Emotional states, attention, and working memory

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazanin Derakshan ◽  
Michael W. Eysenck
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Special Issue

Holding biological motion information in working memory.

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1332-1345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mowei Shen ◽  
Zaifeng Gao ◽  
Xiaowei Ding ◽  
Bing Zhou ◽  
Xiang Huang
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Motion Information

scholarly journals Neutral and negative mood induction in executive tasks of working memory

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lívia Valenti ◽  
Ricardo Basso Garcia ◽  
Cesar Galera
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Practice Effect ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Neutral Group ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Mood Effects ◽  
Depression Disorders

AbstractThe mood induction paradigm has been an important tool for investigating the effects of negative emotional states on working memory (WM) executive functions. Though some evidence showed that negative mood has a differential effect on verbal and visuospatial WM, other findings did not report a similar effect. To explore this issue, we examined the negative mood’s impact on verbal and visuospatial WM executive tasks based on grammatical reasoning and visuospatial rotation. Participants with no anxiety or depression disorders performed the tasks before and after negative (n = 14) or neutral (n = 13) mood induction. Participants’ mood at the beginning and the end of the session was assessed by the Present Mood States List (LEAP) and word valence rating. The analyses showed changes in the emotional state of the negative group (ps < .03) but not of the neutral group (ps > .83) in the LEAP instrument. No significant differences between groups were observed in the WM tasks (ps > .33). Performance in the visuospatial WM task improved after mood induction for both groups (p < .05), possibly due to a practice effect. In sum, our findings challenge the view that negative mood modulates WM executive functions; thus, they were discussed considering the similarities and differences between studies that found negative mood effects on WM and those that did not find. Different WM tasks tap distinct processes and components, which may underlie behavioral effects of negative mood on WM tasks.

Mental health assessment in undergraduate students using DASS21 and Visual Working Memory Task

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gautam Kumar Baboo ◽  
Veeky Baths
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Reaction Time ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Time Window ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
The Impact

Substantial adolescence is spent in an academic environment where the student can experience varying intensities of depression, stress, and anxiety, which can be fatal. To address this concern, we utilized the Depression Anxiety and Stress Survey (DASS) 21 and Modified Sternberg working memory, thereby assessing the emotional states and assessing the impact on the cognitive ability of students (n=37, F=7) in terms of working memory. An intervention was provided (Art of Living YES+ program) for ten days. The assessment is carried out in the time window of two months before and after the intervention. F-test and T-test(p≤0.05) on the scores and reaction time are performed for hypothesis testing. This statistical analysis reveals that both the depression category and stress category reject the null hypothesis. Among the thirty-seven, only five students took part in the post-intervention assessment, the scores in 28% of the questions had lower scores, and 19 % did not have any change; however, there was an increase in the scores in 42% of the questions. No significant changes are observed in the working memory ability of the students. Based on reaction time analysis: 11.62%, 16.27%, and 25.58% are outliers for each type of question, respectively. Two participants showed significantly lower reaction times, indicating a faster reading ability than the rest. This study shows that the intervention can positively impact emotional states-depression, stress, and affect working memory abilities.

scholarly journals Oxytocin treatment attenuates amygdala activity in autism: a treatment-mechanism study with long-term follow-up

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Bernaerts ◽  
Bart Boets ◽  
Jean Steyaert ◽  
Nicole Wenderoth ◽  
Kaat Alaerts
Keyword(s):  
Single Dose ◽  
Multiple Dose ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
Neural Substrates ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Dose Treatment ◽  
Amygdala Activity ◽  
Point Light

Abstract Intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin (IN-OT) is increasingly considered as a potential treatment for targeting the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the effects of continual use on neural substrates are fairly unexplored and long-term effects are unknown. In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, we investigated the effects of single-dose and multiple-dose IN-OT treatment (4 weeks of daily (24 IU) administrations) on brain activity related to processing emotional states. Thirty-eight adult men with ASD (aged between 18 and 35 years) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging of the posterior superior temporal gyrus (pSTS) and amygdala regions while processing emotional states from point-light biological motion. In line with prior research, a single dose of IN-OT induced a reliable increase in pSTS brain activity during the processing of point-light biological motion, but no consistent long-term changes in pSTS activity were induced after the multiple-dose treatment. In terms of bilateral amygdala, the multiple-dose treatment induced a consistent attenuation in brain activity, which outlasted the period of actual administrations until four weeks and one year post-treatment. Critically, participants with stronger attenuations in amygdala-activity showed greater behavioral improvements, particularly in terms of self-reported feelings of avoidant attachment and social functioning. Together, these observations provide initial insights into the long-lasting neural consequences of chronic IN-OT use on amygdala functioning and provide first indications that the acute versus chronic effects of IN-OT administration may be qualitatively different. Larger studies are however warranted to further elucidate the long-term impact of IN-OT treatment on human neural substrates and its behavioral consequences.

scholarly journals Recognizing emotional states from biological motion within noise

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 915-915
Author(s):  
H. Ikeda ◽  
K. Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Biological Motion ◽  
Emotional States

scholarly journals Negative Affect Impairs the Working Memory Capacity of Biological Motion

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Zaifeng Gao ◽  
Fangfang Qiu ◽  
Rende Shui ◽  
Shulin Chen ◽  
Mowei Shen
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity

scholarly journals A causal role of the right superior temporal sulcus in emotion recognition from biological motion

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle A. Basil ◽  
Margaret L. Westwater ◽  
Martin Wiener ◽  
James C. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Biological Motion ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Superior Temporal Sulcus ◽  
Causal Role ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Global Motion ◽  
Body Movements ◽  
The Right

AbstractUnderstanding the emotions of others through nonverbal cues is critical for successful social interactions. The right posterior superior temporal sulcus (rpSTS) is one brain region thought to be key in the recognition of the mental states of others based on body language and facial expression. In the present study, we temporarily disrupted functional activity of the rpSTS by using continuous, theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (cTBS) to test the hypothesis that the rpSTS plays a causal role in emotion recognition from body movements. Participants (N=23) received cTBS of the rpSTS, which was individually localized using fMRI, and a vertex control site. Before and after cTBS, we tested the ability of participants to identify emotions from point-light biological motion stimuli and a non-biological global motion identification task. Results revealed that the ability of participants to accurately identify emotional states from biological motion was reduced following cTBS stimulation to the rpSTS, but was unimpaired following vertex stimulation. Accuracy on the global motion tasks was unaffected by cTBS to either site. These results support the causal role of the rpSTS in decoding information about other’s emotional state from their body movements and gestures.

scholarly journals Motion-based Attention Underlies the Rehearsal of Biological Motion in Working Memory

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 502
Author(s):  
Zaifeng Gao ◽  
Yangfan Zhao ◽  
Xiqian Lu ◽  
Mowei Shen ◽  
Feng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Biological Motion
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