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increase their low level of energetic arousal or relaxation technique to decrease their high level of
tense arousal.
2028.35 Effects of emotional valence and self-relevance on working memory in mild depression,
Misaki Shimura 1 , Hideki Ohira 1 , Michio Nomura 2 , 1 Nagoya University; 2 Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science, JP
Working memory, the ability to store and simultaneously manipulate information, is affected by
depression leading to severe cognitive deficits. In addition, there is a bias to the negative
emotional stimulus such as depressed-relevant words in depression. We examined the influence of
emotional information on working memory using n-back task in mildly depressed individuals. The
n-back task is considered as a dual task including Updating and Matching processes. Mild
depressed individuals showed worse performance for negative self-relevant stimuli in a high task
demand condition, indicating that they reallocated cognitive resource for Matching to Updating
for negative self-relevant stimuli.
2028.36 The influence of compensatory secondary control on emotional memory, Yuka
Nakajima, Ochanomizu University, Japan
This study investigated the specific current appraisal functions as compensatory secondary control
to positively distort emotional memories for past adversity. Eleven types of emotions of 50
high-school students striving for university entrance examination were measured, and four kinds
of current appraisals were examined their influence on the change of recalled emotions over 2.5
years. Current appraisal on the experience of the adversity was found to function as compensatory
secondary control; positive emotions were overestimated while negative emotions were
underestimated when participants evaluated the experience fruitful. Thus, the function of current
appraisal on adversity experience as compensatory secondary control was clarified.
2028.37 The nature of emotional experiences of new teachers, Mei Ngan Tammy Tam, Hong
Kong, China
From student teacher to practising teacher that a new teacher experienced, as found in many
literature, is 'cultural shock'. However, this study focuses on the emotional experiences of eight
new teachers including work pressure, teaching competence and relationships between colleagues
and pupils. The methodology of this study is on qualitative basis which in-depth interview and
journal writing are employed. Besides understanding the new teachers' emotions, the events that
give rise to such emotions, the management of emotions adopted by these new teachers were also
studied, hoping that will throw some lights on teacher education and teacher induction
programme.
2028.38 Experiment study of autonomic nervous response patterns in five basic emotions,
Jianping Li, Nianfeng Guo, Kele Yan, Beijing Forestry University, China
The present study investigated the autonomic responses of five types of basic emotion (sadness,
disgust, anger, fear, and happiness) and the neutral state, which elicited by the film segments. The
emotional states of the participants were evaluated by “adjective checklist scale”. The heart rate,
heart rate variability, blood pressure, respiration rate, and skin temperature of finger were
measured. The results indicated that: (1) Each basic emotion demonstrates its specific autonomic
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