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A Novel Approach to Investigating the Effect of Anxiety on Working Memory Recall using an Adapted Brown-Peterson Task

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Jarrold, Chris

Other kind(s) of contributor

Attwood, Meg
Hammal, Rose

Abstract / Description

Working memory may provide a means of holding information in mind that reduces susceptibility to distraction. In contrast anxiety might make individuals’ more prone to memory intrusions, particularly those with an emotional content. This project explores whether any such protection depends on individuals’ working memory capacity, levels of anxiety, and the nature of distractors that might intrude into memory. At least fifty adult participants will be assessed. Participants will complete a version of a working memory task in which a pre-load of words is followed by a period of distraction, and then a recall test. The amount of information to be remembered will be varied across trials. Distractors will vary in whether they are negatively valenced or not, and attended to or not. Participants’ short-term memory capacity and state and trait levels of anxiety will also be measured.

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2021-04-07 16:07:53 UTC

Publisher

PsychArchives

Citation

Jarrold, C. (2021). A Novel Approach to Investigating the Effect of Anxiety on Working Memory Recall using an Adapted Brown-Peterson Task. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4756
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Jarrold, Chris
  • Other kind(s) of contributor
    Attwood, Meg
  • Other kind(s) of contributor
    Hammal, Rose
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2021-04-07T16:07:53Z
  • Made available on
    2021-04-07T16:07:53Z
  • Date of first publication
    2021-04-07
  • Abstract / Description
    Working memory may provide a means of holding information in mind that reduces susceptibility to distraction. In contrast anxiety might make individuals’ more prone to memory intrusions, particularly those with an emotional content. This project explores whether any such protection depends on individuals’ working memory capacity, levels of anxiety, and the nature of distractors that might intrude into memory. At least fifty adult participants will be assessed. Participants will complete a version of a working memory task in which a pre-load of words is followed by a period of distraction, and then a recall test. The amount of information to be remembered will be varied across trials. Distractors will vary in whether they are negatively valenced or not, and attended to or not. Participants’ short-term memory capacity and state and trait levels of anxiety will also be measured.
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  • Publication status
    other
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  • Review status
    unknown
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  • Citation
    Jarrold, C. (2021). A Novel Approach to Investigating the Effect of Anxiety on Working Memory Recall using an Adapted Brown-Peterson Task. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.4756
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/4198
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4756
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    A Novel Approach to Investigating the Effect of Anxiety on Working Memory Recall using an Adapted Brown-Peterson Task
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  • DRO type
    preregistration
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    PRP-QUANT
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