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Mood moderates the effect of aesthetic appeal on performance
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2021.
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Abstract
- Aesthetically appealing stimuli can improve performance in demanding target localisation tasks compared to unappealing stimuli. Two search-and-localisation experiments were carried out to examine the possible underlying mechanism mediating the effects of appeal on performance. Participants (N = 95) were put in a positive or negative mood prior to carrying out a visual target localisation task with appealing and unappealing targets. In both experiments, positive mood initially led to faster localisation of appealing compared to unappealing stimuli, while an advantage for appealing over unappealing stimuli emerged over time in negative mood participants. The findings are compatible with the idea that appealing stimuli may be inherently rewarding, with aesthetic appeal overcoming the detrimental effects of negative mood on performance.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Counter regulation
Adolescent
Esthetics
Appeal
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
behavioral disciplines and activities
050105 experimental psychology
Task (project management)
Beauty
Young Adult
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Task Performance and Analysis
mental disorders
Reaction Time
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
health care economics and organizations
050107 human factors
Mechanism (biology)
05 social sciences
Negative mood
Affect
Mood
Female
Psychology
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02699931
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3b65a34e4c8fd1dae3dcb1140b678b80