Conclusion
ADVERSE EFFECT
In summary, the current study investigated the relationships between social exclusion, emotion and WM performance, and confirmed a mediation model in which negative emotion elicited by social exclusion mediates the adverse effect of social exclusion on WM performance. Furthermore, this study, to our knowledge, firstly verified that anodal stimulation over the rVLPFC could reduce such adverse effect. This study could help to extend the theoretical research on the influence of social exclusion on individuals and provide a clinical treatment in response to social exclusion.