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[Affect and performance in simple problems].

K C Klauer1, M Siemer, J Stöber

  • 1Institut für Psychologie, Freie Universität Berlin.

Zeitschrift Fur Experimentelle Und Angewandte Psychologie
|January 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Positive emotional mood states enhance performance on pattern comparison tasks by influencing response biases and effort, not by reducing cognitive capacity. This study explores mood

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Affective Science
  • Human Performance

Context:

  • Investigates the impact of emotional states on cognitive task performance.
  • Examines how mood influences decision-making processes and effort allocation.

Purpose:

  • To determine the specific effects of positive and negative mood on pattern comparison tasks.
  • To test whether mood effects are mediated by response biases or effort expenditure.

Summary:

  • Data indicate positive mood states improve performance on pattern comparison tasks.
  • Findings support the role of mood-dependent effort expenditure in task performance.
  • Signal detection analysis reveals mood-related shifts in response biases.

Impact:

  • Challenges reduced-capacity models of mood and cognition.
  • Highlights the importance of effort as a mediator between mood and cognitive performance.
  • Provides a parsimonious explanation for mood's influence on simple cognitive tasks.

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