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Cogn Emot. 2022 Jan 03;1-8. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2021.2023108. Epub 2022 Jan 03.

Why might negative mood help or hinder inhibitory performance? An exploration of thinking styles using a Navon induction.

Cognition & emotion

Martyn Sean Gabel, Tara McAuley

Affiliations

  1. Centre for Mental Health Research and Treatment, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

PMID: 34978262 DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2021.2023108

Abstract

Theories of affective influences on cognition posit that negative mood may increase cognitive load, causing a decrement in task performance (Seibert & Ellis, [1991]. Irrelevant thoughts, emotional mood states, and cognitive task performance.

Keywords: Mood; emotional reactivity; response inhibition; thinking style

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