The role of task difficulty and affect activation level in the use of affect as information
Abstract: The current research examined task difficulty and affect activation level as factors that determine the relevance of affect as information in a performance context. Participants viewed a series of pictures designed to elicit an affective state that was high or low in activation and positiv...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 250 - 254 |
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Academic Press Inc.
Mar2013
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