Influence Of Emotions On Working Memory Capacity Among Young Adults

Abstract

Perception, attention, memory, and decision-making are significantly influenced by emotion. Working memory is a memory system with a restricted capacity that temporarily processes and stores information. It establishes a foundation for the exchange of information between human cognitive behavior, memory, and perception. The relationship between emotion and working memory, particularly the impact of sentiment on working memory, has always been a subject of interest. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of positive and negative emotions on the working memory of students. The effects of emotion on working memory performance in human individuals represent that emotion could impair performance in the low-capacity group and could increase it in the high-capacity group. Another purpose of the proposed research is to investigate[1] the influence of emotions to working memory capacity determining the level of WMC among young adults (18-25) the objective is to identify the pre and post influence of emotions on WMC and to compare the influence of positive and negative emotions with respect to high and low capacity of WMC among undergraduate university students. The young adults of age (18-25) years was taken from University of Agriculture. Research was experimental based where 180 young adults was divided into groups according to high and low levels of WMC in respondents to administer pre and post-test influence of emotions on WMC. The Digit Span Memory Test, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and Pictures of emotions was used to induce emotions. Data was analyzed through standardized scoring system and the help of statistical standards.