Is what you feel what you don't know?

Moore, Simon Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5495-4705 and Oaksford, Michael 2000. Is what you feel what you don't know? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23 (2) , pp. 211-212. 10.1017/S0140525X00422429

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Abstract

Rolls defines emotion as innate reward and punishment. This could not explain our results showing that people learn faster in a negative mood. We argue that what people know about their world affects their emotional state. Negative emotion signals a failure to predict negative reward and hence prompts learning to resolve the ignorance. Thus what you don't know affects how you feel.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Dentistry Schools > Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
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Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0140-525X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2024 02:10
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35624

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