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1063.141 Working memory bias against facial expressions of emotion in social anxiety, Soyeon
Kim 1 , KyungJa Oh 2 , 1 Seoul National University Hospital, Republic of Korea; 2 Yonsei University,
Republic of Korea
609 participated for the screening survey that consisted of social anxiety and depression scale.26
and 28 participants were selected as Low and High Social Anxiety Group to perform a different
types of WM task in which subjects were to order three pictures in ascending order that were
presented either sequentially or simultaneously. Three different types of tasks were; order positive
and negative facial expression according to the degree, order pictures according to the age, order
figures according to the size. There was a significant difference between two groups in the
porportion of correct responses using facial expressions when presented sequencially.
1063.142 Individual differences in working memory: Inhibition of irrelevant information,
Hyunjoo Yoo, Mi-ra Kim, Jung-mo Lee, Tae-Jin Park, Chonnam National University, South
Korea
The present study examined whether readers with different WM span would differ in selectively
inhibiting irrelevant information. Participants were given the reading span task and the probe
recognition task (experiment 1) or the lexical decision task (experiment 2). The results showed
that the high WM memory group responded to the not-to-be-remembered words more slowly than
to the to be-remembered words, while the low WM group did not show the difference and that
high WM group was able to inhibit the irrelevant information consistently though memory load
increased. These results implicate that WM span would be a reflection of inhibition ability.
1063.143 Binding inside and outside the focus of attention in working memory, Weijun Fang,
Zhicheng Jin, South China Normal University, China
This study explored binding inside the focus of attention. In experiment 1 the initial display for
binding was presented inside or outside of the focus of attention for a variable duration
(100ms~3s). Results showed that with a brief stimulus binding can be observed only inside the
focus of attention. Based on Oberauer’s concentric model of working memory, experiment 2
measured the representation state of objects recently bound inside the focus of attention. Results
support that the recently bound object is moved out of the focus of attention and stored in the
capacity limited region of direct access.
1063.144 The relationship between self confidence and mental rotation performance, Shan Bao,
Linda Boyle, Brus Brus, The University of Iowa, USA
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between self confidence and mental
rotation performance of engineering students. Students entering the College of Engineering as
freshmen at the University of Iowa in fall 2002 were tested for their mental rotation performance
using the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test (PSVT). They were asked to rate their confidence in
engineering skills. A multivariate analysis on the confidence level showed two unique clusters;
one group had significantly more self-confidence than the other. The one with higher self
confidence also performed better on the PVST.
1063.145 A study on the effects of anxiety mood and age on prospective memory, Wei Liu 1 ,
Lijuan Wang 2 , Zhiliang Yang 3 , 1 Shanghai Normal University, China; 2 Jilin University, China;
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