Effects of Anger and Sadness on Attentional Patterns in Decision Making

An Eye-Tracking Study

Bibliographic Data

ID13669447
AuthorsCai Xing (0000-0003-2790-2103, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume114
Issue1
Pages50-67
Publication date2014-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/01.04.pr0.114k14w3
PMID24765709
OpenAlexW1979950238
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited37

Past research examining the effect of anger and sadness on decision making has associated anger with a relatively more heuristic decision-making approach. However, it is unclear whether angry and sad individuals differ while attending to decision-relevant information. An eye-tracking experiment (N=87) was conducted to examine the role of attention in links between emotion and decision making. Angry individuals looked more and earlier toward heuristic cues while making decisions, whereas sad individuals did not show such bias. Implications for designing persuasive messages and studying motivated visual processing were discussed

Anger · Cognitive psychology · Eye tracking · Sadness · Artificial Intelligence · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology

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