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Miller, Gregory A. McDavitt, Jenika R. 2011-05-25T15:01:31Z 2011-05-25T15:01:31Z 2011-05-25T15:01:31Z 2011-05 Executive function, a collection of cognitive processes that guide, monitor, and inhibit behavior, is critical for human cognition. However, little is known about how executive function operates within the transient affective states of everyday life, even though research suggests that such affective states may influence cognition. The present study examined top-down attentional control, one component of executive function, during three distinct affective contexts. The color-word Stroop task was used to measure top-down attentional control, and an autobiographical memory task manipulated the affective context in which the task was performed. Each participant performed the Stroop task in positive, neutral, and negative affective contexts. Stroop performance was enhanced in the presence of a positive affective context when it occurred after a negative affective context. Implications for future research are discussed. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2011-04-15T20:50:13Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 McDavitt_Jenika.doc: 186880 bytes, checksum: 66c6b5599313183ce688dc9d7cb520f2 (MD5) McDavitt_Jenika.pdf: 320726 bytes, checksum: ce546bb3fc23b3f780bc85a0b6bcd0e2 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-25T15:01:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 McDavitt_Jenika.pdf: 320726 bytes, checksum: ce546bb3fc23b3f780bc85a0b6bcd0e2 (MD5) license.txt: 4062 bytes, checksum: 5eff53de6722fa99ddd9e797bb3dd579 (MD5) McDavitt_Jenika.doc: 186880 bytes, checksum: 66c6b5599313183ce688dc9d7cb520f2 (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/24191 en Copyright 2011 Jenika McDavitt executive function attentional control inhibition autobiographical memory positive affect negative affect Top-down attentional control in affective contexts 10KS0338MA Psychology 1299 Psychology 0338 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.A. MA:Psychology -UIUC