Negative affect increases reanalysis of conflicts between discourse context and world knowledge

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  • who: Vicky Tzuyin Lai and collaborators from the Lancaster University, United Kingdom have published the research: Negative affect increases reanalysis of conflicts between discourse context and world knowledge, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
  • what: This study examined how mood affects readers` balance between relying on world knowledge and relying on discourse knowledge. Gable and Harmon-Jones encouraged researchers to also examine the motivation dimension, as they showed that positive affect that is low in approach motivational intensity (e_g, contentment) broadens cognition, whereas positive affect that is high in approach motivation (e_g, desire) narrows cognition. It would . . .

     

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