Parents gone wild? Study suggests link between working memory and reactive parenting
Friday, December 4, 2009 - 04:35
in Psychology & Sociology
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 behaviours. 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...