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Title:

Dealing with failure: Prefrontal asymmetry predicts affective recovery and cognitive performance

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Haehl, Wiebke; Mirifar, Arash; Luan, Mengkai; Beckmann, Jürgen
Abstract:
Individuals differ in how they deal with their emotions after failure. While some stay in a negative mood for hours, others recover quickly. The present study investigates whether prefrontal alpha asymmetry (PFA) influences affective recovery and cognitive performance following failure. Forty-seven participants completed two mental rotation tasks separated by a short break and received negative feedback on their performance. Electroencephalographic (EEG) data was collected before the first task...     »
Keywords:
Emotion, Cognition, Prefrontal asymmetry, EEG, Failure, Negative affect, Rumination, Emotion regulation
Journal title:
Biological Psychology
Year:
2020
Journal volume:
155
Quarter:
1. Quartal
Pages contribution:
107927
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107927
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
E-ISSN:
0301-0511
Impact Factor:
2,83
Date of publication:
01.09.2020
Semester:
SS 20
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