Emotional intelligence, working memory, and emotional vocabulary in L1 and L2: Interactions and dissociations

• Trait emotional intelligence predicts the number of emotion words retrieved. Negligible effect working memory capacity on retrieval words. Valence effects are less language -dependent and more psychologically -dependent. Common salient in L1 L2; predominance positive Negative link between trait intelligence. Cognition interrelated concepts. However, very little is known about relation (WMC) (EI) their generation vocabulary. This study aimed to explore correlation patterns WMC four factors EI (well-being, self-control, emotionality, sociability). It also sought examine whether significant determinants perceived pleasantness freely retrieved produced a non-emotionally charged context extent which had an this association. The results showed negative correlations two (well-being emotionality). was sole predictor variable retrieved, whereas EI, retrieval, gender explained statistically amount variance generated. Qualitative analysis vocabulary revealed slight common most highly activated both first second languages.