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Test anxiety and working memory system

M Ikeda1, M Iwanaga, H Seiwa

  • 1Graduate School of Biosphere Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan. maki@behavior.ias.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|June 1, 1996
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Test anxiety negatively impacts the articulatory loop, a component of working memory. Highly anxious individuals exhibited slower verbal memory task performance, suggesting worry interferes with this cognitive process.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychological Science

Background:

  • Working memory is crucial for cognitive tasks.
  • The articulatory loop is a key component of working memory, responsible for verbal information processing.
  • Test anxiety is a common issue that can affect cognitive performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how test anxiety affects the articulatory loop within the working memory system.
  • To determine if anxiety-induced deficits are specific to the articulatory loop or a broader working memory impairment.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a verbal memory task to engage the articulatory loop and a spatial memory task for the visuospatial scratch pad.
  • 17 highly test-anxious and 19 low-anxiety participants completed tasks under anxiety-inducing conditions with camera observation.

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  • Measured performance via percentage of correct responses and reaction times.

    • Main Results:

    • Highly anxious subjects reported increased worry and cognitive self-concern.
    • A significantly longer mean reaction time was observed in highly anxious subjects on the verbal memory task.
    • No significant difference in performance quality was found on the spatial memory task between groups.

    Conclusions:

    • Test anxiety, characterized by worry and self-concern, appears to interfere with information processing specifically within the articulatory loop.
    • Findings suggest that anxiety's impact on working memory may be domain-specific, affecting verbal processing more than spatial processing.