Relationship between contentment and working memory capacity: Experimental and naturalistic evidence

• Main Authors: CHUA, Khai Qing, NG, Rachel, SUNG, Clarissa L. Q., HARTANTO, Andree, OH, Vincent Y. S., TONG, Eddie M. W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Contentment; working memory; positive emotions; executive functions; Applied Behavior Analysis; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3670; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4928/viewcontent/Contentment_Memory_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Contentment is a positive emotion characterized by perceived goal attainment, a sense of having or being enough, and a focus on the present. Research on this new construct is thin, and no studies have examined its cognitive properties, particularly whether it facilitates or impairs controlled cognit...