Parents gone wild? Study suggests link between working memory and reactive parenting

We've all been in situations before where we get so frustrated or angry about something, we will lash out at someone without thinking. This lashing out - reactive negativity - happens when we can't control our emotions. Luckily, we are usually pretty good at self-regulating and controlling our emotions and behaviors. Working memory is crucial for cognitive control of emotions: It allows us to consider information we have and reason quickly when deciding what to do as opposed to reacting automatically, without thinking, to something.

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