Research Article

The Effect of Task-Irrelevant Fearful-Face Distractor on Working Memory Processing in Mild Cognitive Impairment versus Healthy Controls: An Exploratory fMRI Study in Female Participants

Figure 1

Structure of each “trial” including encoding phase, delay, fearful or neutral face distractor, response phase, and an intertrial interval. (a) illustrates a “match” high-loading, 4-letter trial with a fearful-face distractor. (b) illustrates a “no-match” low-loading, 2-letter trial with a neutral face distractor.