Emotional working memory updating in individuals with borderline personality features

Individuals with features of borderline personality disorder (BPD) are highly sensitive to social rejection. Working memory (WM) may play a critical role in processing emotional interpersonal information BPD. Yet, little is known about how WM operations related sensitivity rejection cues and BPD features. Therefore, this study examined relationships among operations, sensitivity, Participants (n = 39 non-suicidal self-injury history; n 47 without history) healthy participants 46) completed an two-back task before after exclusion induction (the Cyberball game). Results. Results showed that were slower at discarding faces expressing anger pain from compared individuals the induction. history also entering happy into other participants. Moreover, across participants, angry was associated higher levels sensitivity. Finally, no group differences emerged respect for response exclusion. This conducted sample undergraduate students did not consider comorbidity forms psychopathology. These findings cast light on difficulties be involved process information.