<p>Welcome to the community Dalek!
Emotional states can guide the actions and decisions we make in our everyday life through their influence on cognitive processes such as working memory.
I would like to share with you couple of sources (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsx030" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Figueira et al., 2017</a> and <a href="https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100422" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Baddeley, 2012</a>) which can be quite helpful for you.</p>
<p>People over here tried to figure out emperically how our moods are affecting cognition processes.</p>
<h2>References</h2>
<p>Baddeley, A. (2012). Working memory: theories, models, and controversies. <em>Annual review of psychology, 63</em>, 1-29. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100422" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100422</a></p>
<p>Figueira, J. S., Oliveira, L., Pereira, M. G., Pacheco, L. B., Lobo, I., Motta-Ribeiro, G. C., &amp; David, I. A. (2017). An unpleasant emotional state reduces working memory capacity: electrophysiological evidence. <em>Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12</em>(6), 984-992. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsx030" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsx030</a></p>

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<p>What is the relationship between working memory and positive or negative mood as higher order affective states which can change vary slowly compared to moment-to-moment affective responses (both valence and arousal)? Are there any literature related to this?</p>

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relationship between mood and working memory
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# relationship between mood and working memory

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-14)

What is the relationship between working memory and positive or negative mood as higher order affective states which can change vary slowly compared to moment-to-moment affective responses (both valence and arousal)? Are there any literature related to this?

**Tags:** emotion, working-memory, metacognition, mood, arousal


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-16. Score: 2

Welcome to the community username_0!
Emotional states can guide the actions and decisions we make in our everyday life through their influence on cognitive processes such as working memory.
I would like to share with you couple of sources ([Figueira et al., 2017](https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsx030) and [Baddeley, 2012](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100422)) which can be quite helpful for you.

People over here tried to figure out emperically how our moods are affecting cognition processes.

## References

Baddeley, A. (2012). Working memory: theories, models, and controversies. *Annual review of psychology, 63*, 1-29. <https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100422>

Figueira, J. S., Oliveira, L., Pereira, M. G., Pacheco, L. B., Lobo, I., Motta-Ribeiro, G. C., & David, I. A. (2017). An unpleasant emotional state reduces working memory capacity: electrophysiological evidence. *Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12*(6), 984-992. <https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsx030>

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