Effects of pleasant visual simulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students

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Autor(a) principal: Gago, Débora Freitas
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Almeida, Rosa Maria Martins de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/116908
Resumo: Different emotional reactions can be induced by the presentation of visual stimuli with affective content. Emotional stimuli are processed and linked with cognitive functions, such as attention, memory, and anxiety, and have implications in the mental health field. Previous studies have reported that positive and negative emotions tend to change cognitive processes in individuals, ultimately resulting in better and worse performance, respectively. Many studies have emphasized the crucial role of affect in directing attention to relevant stimuli, enhancing learning and memory, facilitating decision making, selecting goals, and conflict resolution. The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of pleasant visual stimuli on memory, focused attention, and anxiety and further understand the effects of emotional induction. The study investigated the effects of presenting a pleasant visual stimulus in a 1.5 min video to a sample of 145 college students on focused attention, working memory (Personnel Selection Testing, memory subtest), and anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). Nonsignificant differences were observed in focused attention, working memory, and anxiety state. Statistically significant differences were found in trait anxiety and the comparison between men and women with regard to memory and anxiety. The positive stimulus was not sufficient to alter cognition or emotion in our research participants. Emotion was found to not be the only factor that influences memory, and other factors appear to be important, such as prior knowledge and cognitive, social, and physiological factors, including personal history, the environment, and culture.
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title Effects of pleasant visual simulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students
spellingShingle Effects of pleasant visual simulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students
Gago, Débora Freitas
Psicologia cognitiva
Neuropsicologia
Estimulação visual
Emoção
Stimulus
Emotion
Cognition
Neuropsychology
title_short Effects of pleasant visual simulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students
title_full Effects of pleasant visual simulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students
title_fullStr Effects of pleasant visual simulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students
title_full_unstemmed Effects of pleasant visual simulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students
title_sort Effects of pleasant visual simulation on attention, working memory, and anxiety in college students
author Gago, Débora Freitas
author_facet Gago, Débora Freitas
Almeida, Rosa Maria Martins de
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Almeida, Rosa Maria Martins de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Psicologia cognitiva
Neuropsicologia
Estimulação visual
Emoção
topic Psicologia cognitiva
Neuropsicologia
Estimulação visual
Emoção
Stimulus
Emotion
Cognition
Neuropsychology
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Emotion
Cognition
Neuropsychology
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