Professor Nadin Beckmann's Outputs (3)

Does schooling have an impact on short-term memory? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tymms, P., Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., Elliott, J., & Merell, C. (2013, August). Does schooling have an impact on short-term memory?. Presented at 15th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Learning and Instruction., Munich, Germany

Short-term memory (STM) capacity in the context of academic attainment is of great importance and studied extensively although experimental interventions to increase STM or working memory have yet to produce long-term gains. But is it possible that s... Read More about Does schooling have an impact on short-term memory?.

Task appraisals, emotions, and performance goal orientation (2013)
Journal Article
Fisher, C., Minbashian, A., Beckmann, N., & Wood, R. (2013). Task appraisals, emotions, and performance goal orientation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98(2), 364-373. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031260

We predict real-time fluctuations in employees' positive and negative emotions from concurrent appraisals of the immediate task situation and individual differences in performance goal orientation. Task confidence, task importance, positive emotions,... Read More about Task appraisals, emotions, and performance goal orientation.

In the heat of the moment: On the effect of state neuroticism on task performance (2013)
Journal Article
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., Minbashian, A., & Birney, D. (2013). In the heat of the moment: On the effect of state neuroticism on task performance. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(3), 447-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.10.022

The aim of this study was to further shed light on the relationship between neuroticism and performance by taking into account the situation-specific experience of neuroticism when undertaking cognitive tasks. A total of 121 high-performing professio... Read More about In the heat of the moment: On the effect of state neuroticism on task performance.