Instructions to maintain feelings of disgust do not disrupt working memory performance in either age group¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Comparing the maintenance control condition with the no-instructions control condition showed no relevant effects on N-Back performance in either age group. → Scheibe 2009

Evidence¶

Scheibe 2009¶

Scheibe, S., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2009). Effects of Regulating Emotions on Cognitive Performance: What Is Costly for Young Adults Is not so Costly for Older Adults. Psychology and Aging, 24(1), 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013807

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Planned comparison in the repeated-measures ANOVA contrasting the maintenance control condition with the no-instructions control. The article reports "no relevant effects" and that maintaining disgust "did not disrupt performance in the N-Back task in either age group." The maintenance instruction confounded no-regulation with actual maintenance.

"In line with hypotheses, there also were no relevant effects when comparing the maintenance control condition with the no-instructions control condition. Trying to maintain feelings of disgust did not disrupt performance in the N-Back task in either age group."

Discussion¶

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