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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.2.185

Arithmetic Fluctuation Effect affected by Induced Emotional Valence  

Kim, Choong-Myung (Department of Language, Speech and Pathological Therapy, Gwangju University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.2, 2018 , pp. 185-191 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the type and extent of interruption between induced emotion and succeeding arithmetic operation. The experiment was carried out to determine the influence of the induced emotions (anger, joy, and sorrow) and stimulus types (picture and sentence) on the cognitive process load that may block the interactions among the constituents of working memory. The study subjects were 32 undergraduates who were similar with respect to age and education parameters and were especially instructed to attend to induced emotion by imitation of facial expression and to make a correct decision during the remainder calculation task. In the results, the stimulus types did not exhibit any difference but there was a significant difference among the induced emotion types. The difference was observed in slower response time at positive emotion(joy condition) as compared with other emotions(anger and sorrow). More specifically, error and delayed correct response rate for emotion types were analysed to determine which phase the slower response was associated with. Delayed responses of the joy condition by sentence-inducing stimulus were identified with the error rate difference, and those by picture-inducing stimulus with the delayed correct response rate. These findings not only suggest that induced positive emotion increased response time compared to negative emotions, but also imply that picture-inducing stimulus easily affords arithmetic fluctuation whereas sentence-inducing stimulus results in arithmetic failure.
Keywords
arithmetic failure; arithmetic fluctuation; cognitive load; emotional valence; induced emotion; working memory;
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