Emotion-related impulsivity moderates the cognitive interference effect of smartphone availability on working memory

Autor: Erika Rosa Mineo, Mattia Doro, Joël Billieux, Natale Canale, Alessio Vieno, Claudia Marino
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Adolescent
Emotions
Individuality
Theoretical & cognitive psychology [H12] [Social & behavioral sciences
psychology]
lcsh:Medicine
Impulsivity
Fluid intelligence
050105 experimental psychology
Article
law.invention
Task (project management)
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Cognition
law
Human behaviour
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Attention
Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance
Students
lcsh:Science
Psychologie cognitive & théorique [H12] [Sciences sociales & comportementales
psychologie]
Multidisciplinary
Working memory
05 social sciences
lcsh:R
Cognitive interference
Memory
Short-Term
Calculator
Risk factors
ComputerSystemsOrganization_MISCELLANEOUS
Impulsive Behavior
Female
lcsh:Q
Self Report
Smartphone
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Mobile Phone
Cognitive Interference
Urgency
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Cognitive psychology
Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54911-7
Popis: Although recent studies suggest that the mere presence of a smartphone might negatively impact on working memory capacity, fluid intelligence, and attentional processes, less is known about the individual differences that are liable to moderate this cognitive interference effect. This study tested whether individual differences in emotion-related impulsivity traits (positive urgency and negative urgency) moderate the effect of smartphone availability on cognitive performance. We designed an experiment in which 132 college students (age 18–25 years) completed a laboratory task that assessed visual working memory capacity in three different conditions: two conditions differing in terms of smartphone availability (smartphone turned off and visible, smartphone in silent mode and visible) and a condition in which the smartphone was not available and was replaced by a calculator (control condition). Participants also completed self-reports that assessed their thoughts after the task performance, positive/negative urgency, and problematic smartphone use. The results showed that participants with higher positive urgency presented increased cognitive interference (reflected by poorer task performance) in the “silent-mode smartphone” condition compared with participants in the “turned-off smartphone” condition. The present study provides new insights into the psychological factors that explain how smartphone availability is liable to interfere with high-level cognitive processes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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