Test anxiety impairs filtering ability in visual working memory: Evidence from event-related potentials

Song, Jintao; Chang, Lei; Zhou, Renlai

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.091

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“…Owens et al (2012) demonstrated lower distractor filtering abilities in individuals with depression symptoms than in non-depressed individuals. Song et al (2021) found weaker distractor filtering abilities in individuals with high test anxiety than with low test anxiety. Qi et al (2014) revealed lower distractor filtering abilities in individuals with high trait anxiety than with low trait anxiety.…”

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A negative emotional state impairs individuals' ability to filter out distractors from working memory: An ERP study

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Liu²,

Guo³

et al. 2023

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In the context of capacity-limited visual working memory (VWM), individuals require sufficient memory space and the ability to filter distractors. Little research has explored the impact of negative emotional states on VWM distractor filtering. To address this, we used direct neural measurement to examine this influence. In neutral and negative emotional states, we observed contralateral delay activity (CDA), sensitive to VWM load and filtering efficiency. In a neutral state, participants showed significantly higher late CDA amplitudes when remembering 4 targets compared to 2 targets and 2 targets with 2 distractors. However, late CDA amplitudes showed no significant difference between remembering 2 targets and remembering 2 targets with 2 distractors. In a negative state, there were no significant CDA amplitude differences between remembering 4 targets and 2 targets. Conversely, in a negative emotional state, there were no significant differences in CDA amplitudes between remembering 4 targets and remembering 2 targets. However, the CDA amplitude for remembering 2 targets with 2 distractors was significantly higher than when remembering 2 targets. These results suggest a decrease in the maximum number of items participants could store in VWM under negative emotional states compared to neutral emotional states. Importantly, participants could filter out distractors in a neutral emotional state but were unable to do so in a negative emotional state, indicating that negative emotional states impair the ability to filter out distractors in VWM. In conclusion, this study highlights the influence of negative emotional states on VWM, specifically in distractor filtering.

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A negative emotional state impairs individuals' ability to filter out distractors from working memory: An ERP study

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Liu²,

Guo³

et al. 2023

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“…The SN involves the anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, rostral prefrontal cortex, and supramarginal gyrus, which contributes to processing emotional information and modulating activities of the DMN and FPN [13][14][15] . While hypoactivation in the DMN and FPN was indicative of worse progression of AD 10,12,16 , other studies have shown AD-related hyperactivation in SN, depending on the disease stages 9,12 . Recent studies highlighted that there are periods of hyperactivity in DMN and SN in the very early stages of prodromal AD followed by hypoactive states in the later stages of AD pathology, indicating a non-linear association between rsFC and progression to AD [17][18][19] .…”

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“…Recently, other key networks such as the frontal-parietal network (FPN; also referred to as central executive network) and the salience network (SN) also gained attention and have been shown to be altered in AD 10 . The FPN consists of the lateral prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex and is responsible for various aspects of cognitive control, such as working memory, attention, and decision making 11,12 . The SN involves the anterior cingulate cortex, anterior insula, rostral prefrontal cortex, and supramarginal gyrus, which contributes to processing emotional information and modulating activities of the DMN and FPN [13][14][15] .…”

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Resting-State Functional Connectivity Changes in Older Adults with Sleep Disturbance and the Role of Amyloid Burden

Kim

Zhu

Zhao³

et al. 2023

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Sleep and related disorders could lead to changes in various brain networks, but little is known about the role of amyloid β (Aβ) burden—a key Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarker—in the relationship between sleep disturbance and altered resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) in older adults. This cross-sectional study examined the association between sleep disturbance, Aβ burden, and rsFC using a large-scale dataset from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). Sample included 489 individuals (53.6% cognitively normal, 32.5% mild cognitive impairment, and 13.9% AD) who had completed sleep measures (Neuropsychiatric Inventory), PET Aβ data, and resting-state fMRI scans at baseline. Within and between rsFC of the Salience (SN), the Default Mode (DMN) and the Frontal Parietal network (FPN) were compared between participants with sleep disturbance versus without sleep disturbance. The interaction between Aβ positivity and sleep disturbance was evaluated using linear regressions, controlling for age, diagnosis status, gender, sedatives and hypnotics use, and hypertension. Although no significant main effect of sleep disturbance was found on rsFC, a significant interaction term emerged between sleep disturbance and Aβ burden on rsFC of SN (β=0.11, P=0.006). Specifically, sleep disturbance was associated with SN hyperconnectivity, only with the presence of Aβ burden. Sleep disturbance may lead to altered connectivity in the SN when Aβ is accumulated in the brain. Individuals with AD pathology may be at increased risk for sleep-related aberrant rsFC; therefore, identifying and treating sleep problems in these individuals may help prevent further disease progression.

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“…Owens et al ( 2012 ) demonstrated lower distractor filtering abilities in individuals with depression symptoms than in nondepressed individuals. Song et al ( 2021 ) found weaker distractor filtering abilities in individuals with high test anxiety than with low test anxiety. Qi et al ( 2014 ) revealed lower distractor filtering abilities in individuals with high trait anxiety than with low trait anxiety.…”

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confidence: 99%

A negative emotional state impairs individuals’ ability to filter distractors from working memory: an ERP study

Ye,

Liu,

Guo

et al. 2024

Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci

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Capacity-limited visual working memory (VWM) requires that individuals have sufficient memory space and the ability to filter distractors. Negative emotional states are known to impact VWM storage, yet their influence on distractor filtering within VWM remains underexplored. We conducted direct neural measurement of participants (n = 56) who conducted a lateralized change detection task with distractors, while manipulating the emotional state by presenting neutral or negative images before each trial. We found a detrimental effect of distractors on memory accuracy under both neutral and negative emotional states. Using the event-related potential (ERP) component, contralateral delay activity (CDA; sensitive to VWM load), to observe the VWM load in each condition, we found that in the neutral state, the participants showed significantly higher late CDA amplitudes when remembering 4 targets compared with 2 targets and 2 targets with 2 distractors but no significant difference when remembering 2 targets compared with 2 targets with 2 distractors. In the negative state, no significant CDA amplitude differences were evident when remembering 4 targets and 2 targets, but CDA was significantly higher when remembering 2 targets with 2 distractors compared with 2 targets. These results suggest that the maximum number of items participants could store in VWM was lower under negative emotional states than under neutral emotional states. Importantly, the participants could filter out distractors when in a neutral emotional state but not in a negative emotional state, indicating that negative emotional states impair their ability to filter out distractors in VWM.

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Test anxiety impairs filtering ability in visual working memory: Evidence from event-related potentials

Cited by 14 publications

References 38 publications

A negative emotional state impairs individuals' ability to filter out distractors from working memory: An ERP study

A negative emotional state impairs individuals' ability to filter out distractors from working memory: An ERP study

Resting-State Functional Connectivity Changes in Older Adults with Sleep Disturbance and the Role of Amyloid Burden

A negative emotional state impairs individuals’ ability to filter distractors from working memory: an ERP study

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