In this article I suggest how theories of emotion construction may inform the study of
cognition-emotion interactions. To do so, I adopt the two main concepts core affect and …

Highlights•Positive affect leads to more cognitive flexibility and broadened attention.•These
effects depend on concurrent levels of approach motivation.•Affect and motivation …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

David Groome with Hazel Dewart, Anthony Esgate, Kevin Gurney, Richard Kemp, and
Nicola Towell. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders is a …

Positive emotions (PEs) impact cognitive processes, including executive functions (EFs; ie
inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility). However, previous reviews and meta …

Multidisciplinary teams are increasingly advocated for in healthcare policy consequent to
their capacity to develop innovative solutions to seemingly intractable service and care …

Children's behavior changes from day to day, but the factors that contribute to its variability
are understudied. We developed a novel repeated measures paradigm to study children's …

Highlights•Past research has ignored the influence of motivational intensity in positive
affect.•Motivational intensity in positive affects differentially influences attentional …

The construct of mind wandering has notoriously been characterized as heterogenous
which may mean that not all types of mind wandering produce the same pattern of results …

Simulation-based education often involves learners or teams attempting to manage
situations at the limits of their abilities. As a result, it can elicit emotional reactions in …