P - 긍정적 반추는 작업기억의 기능을 향상시킨다

Created: 2022-04-11

The present study also found that positive rumination training in expressive writing improved the WM updating capacity1 in terms of RT to all three types of words significantly, indicating that rumination has a causal influence on WM updating. (중략) Thus, positive rumination might be understood as an emotional regulation strategy that helps individuals update emotional information quickly. In contrast, negative rumination causes individuals to update emotional information slowly.

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생각

  • 논문 저자들이 쓴 방법은 조금 인위적인 데가 있음. 정말 우울한 사람들 중에는 부정적 사건의 긍정적인 측면을 보는 것이 어려운 사람도 많고, 저런 인위적인 작문 방법으로 접근하는 게 효과가 있을지 의문임.
  • 다만 부정적 사건의 다양한 면을 보게 함으로써 생각의 폭을 확장시키고, 이것이 정서조절 능력을 향상시키고 부정적인 감정에 매몰되지 않게 도움으로써 작업기억을 향상시킨다는 점은 의미가 있음.
    • 관련연구 “associative processing promotes positive mood”

연결

  1. Working working memory (WM) updating is a core component of WM and refers to one’s ability to monitor and dynamically manipulate WM contents, to evaluate its relevance for the current task, and to replace it with newer, more relevant information (see Zuber et al., 2018). ↩

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