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Friedman, Ronald S.; Forster, Jens – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
A large and growing number of studies support the notion that arousing positive emotional states expand, and that arousing negative states constrict, the scope of attention on both the perceptual and conceptual levels. However, these studies have predominantly involved the manipulation or measurement of conscious emotional experiences (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Cues, Social Cognition, Emotional Experience, Measurement
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Forster, Jens – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2009
Nine studies showed a bidirectional link (a) between a global processing style and generation of similarities and (b) between a local processing style and generation of dissimilarities. In Experiments 1-4, participants were primed with global versus local perception styles and then asked to work on an allegedly unrelated generation task. Across…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Correlation, Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology