Abstract
The manuscript is titled ‘Emotional facial processing: does cognitive
load make a difference?’ and it describes a research study that measures
how emotion and distraction of different cognitive loads may impact
working memory performance. The findings show that cognitive load on
working memory performance, with poorer working memory performance in
the high compared to the low level of distraction. However, no effects
of emotional faces were found on task performance. The work therefore
has significance with regard to cognitive processing and working memory
span.