The effect of emotional content on brain activation and the late positive potential in a word n-back task.

INTRODUCTION: There is mounting evidence for the influence of emotional content on working memory performance. This is particularly important in light of the emotion processing that needs to take place when emotional content interferes with executive functions. In this study, we used emotional words...

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Main Authors: Juliane Kopf, Thomas Dresler, Philipp Reicherts, Martin J Herrmann, Andreas Reif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3784459?pdf=render