Cognition & emotion
The impact of emotional face distractors on working memory performance: a meta-analysis of behavioural studies.
Chenxiao Wu, Chenyuan Zhang, Xueqiao Li, Piia Astikainen
Published: 202510.1080/02699931.2025.2568559
Abstract
Task-irrelevant emotional faces may affect working memory (WM) performance by involuntarily capturing attention. However, existing research has not clarified the magnitude or significance of this impact, nor the moderating role of factors such as fac…
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