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Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought‐action repertoires

Barbara L. Fredrickson, C. Branigan

2005.3.1COGNITION & EMOTION

DOI: 10.1080/02699930441000238

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Two experiments with 104 college students tested the broaden‐and‐build theory, which hypothesises that positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought‐action repertoires and negative emotions, relative to a neutral state, narrowed thought‐ action repertoires.

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FREDRICKSON, Barbara L.; BRANIGAN, C. Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought‐action repertoires. COGNITION & EMOTION, 2005, 19: 313–332.