The Benefits of Mixed Emotions
Hidden Brain
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The Effect of Ambivalence on the Way We Make Judgments
In one of your studies, you primed participants emotional state by having them write about a time when they felt happy, sad or embivlent. And then you gave theman estimation task. You asked them to estimate the average daily temperature in major cities like new york, atlanta and san francisco. The story, in many ways, matches what your research has found in terms of the effect that ambivlence has on the way we make judgments.
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