This poster presentation relied on the concept of embedded cognition, which stresses the interdependence of mental phenomena with their environment besides the body. Based also on research from the neurosciences showing that emotion and cognition work in an integrated manner, the research question addressed was how exactly is an emotionally embedded response to a specific environment capable of constraining cognition and behaviour and what factors can be related to it (like age, gender, moods, or features of the environment, light, temperature, and so on…). This experimental study used several metrics, procedures, and methods, like sociological surveys, europsychological scales, and biometric data. The conclusions pointed to the emotionally embedded cognition hypothesis in this experiment's context by suggesting that moods and environment engagement are essential to cognition, positively and negatively affecting interference during computer tasks.

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