Outputs (3)

Uncertainty and Cognitive Control (2011)
Journal Article
Mushtaq, F., Bland, A., & Schaefer, A. (2011). Uncertainty and Cognitive Control. Frontiers in Psychology, 2, Article 249. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00249

A growing trend of neuroimaging, behavioral, and computational research has investigated the topic of outcome uncertainty in decision-making. Although evidence to date indicates that humans are very effective in learning to adapt to uncertain situati... Read More about Uncertainty and Cognitive Control.

The emotional startle effect is disrupted by a concurrent working memory task (2011)
Journal Article
King, R., & Schaefer, A. (2011). The emotional startle effect is disrupted by a concurrent working memory task. Psychophysiology, 48(2), 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01062.x

Working memory (WM) processes are often thought to play an important role in the cognitive regulation of negative emotions. However, little is known about how they influence emotional processing. We report two experiments that tested whether a concur... Read More about The emotional startle effect is disrupted by a concurrent working memory task.

Electrophysiological correlates of remembering emotional pictures (2011)
Journal Article
Schaefer, A., Pottage, C., & Rickart, A. (2011). Electrophysiological correlates of remembering emotional pictures. NeuroImage, 54(1), 714-724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.030

Extensive evidence shows that emotional events tend to be remembered in greater detail and with an enhanced sense of vividness compared to neutral events. The current study investigated the neural correlates of this phenomenon during retrieval using... Read More about Electrophysiological correlates of remembering emotional pictures.