Better mood and better performance: Learning rule-described categories is enhanced by positive mood

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1770-1776

  Nadler, Ruby T ^a   Rabi, Rahel ^a   Minda, John Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

emotions; frontal lobe; hypothesis testing; response inhibition; selective attention

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 78650388579     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610387441     Document Type: Article

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