工作记忆能力与自我调控

自我调控泛指目标-导向行为, 是自我的核心功能之一。最近十几年有研究者将工作记忆能力(working memory capacity, WMC)的概念引入到对自我调控的研究中, 结果发现, 自我调控与WMC依赖的是共同的资源, WMC在注意调控、思维抑制、情绪调节以及冲动抑制等自我调控过程中发挥了重要作用。未来的研究应加强社会、认知和神经科学等不同学科之间的合作, 进一步探究自我调控的核心机制。

Working Memory Capacity and Self-Regulation

Self-regulation is a core aspect of the self that can be broadly defined as goal-directed behavior. In recent years, more and more researchers bring the concept of working memory capacity (WMC) which belongs to cognitive psychology into the social psychological models of self-regulation. Evidences from these studies show that the WMC and self-regulation are both dependent on a common limited resource. The correlation between WMC and regulation of attention, thought, emotion or impulse behavior have also been confirmed by abundant empirical studies. The collaboration between social psychology, cognitive psychology and neuroscience in the future would bring more insights in the investigation of self-regulation.