Does Negative Affect Always Narrow and Positive Affect Always Broaden the Mind? Considering the Influence of Motivational Intensity on Cognitive Scope

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-307

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Gable, Philip A ^b   Price, Tom F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

approach motivation; cognitive scope; positive affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881127906     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413481353     Document Type: Article

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