Negative emotions
Negative emotions has been studied in 5 papers since 2022: 5 observational studies in people; 1 in the past year. The newest paper, Jul 9, 2024: “Negative Emotions Are Associated With Older Self-perceived Age: A Cross-section Study From the UK Biobank”.
5 papers study it7 findingsUpdated
“how fear, disgust, and sadness influence strategy selection and strategy execution differed in young and older adults.”
- 2 independent labs in 2 countries
- Funders: Agence Nationale de la Recherche and 1 more
- Humans5
What did studies of Negative emotions find?
4Studies of Negative emotions measured 4 outcomes; the most studied are arithmetic performance (1 study), arithmetic problem-solving performance (1) and numerosity estimation performance (1).
Arithmetic performance
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1 study
Arithmetic performance
downin humans1
Negative emotions impair arithmetic performance in humans.
“obtain poorer performance (Experiments 1 and 3), even when strategy repertoire, distribution, and selection were controlled”
Human trial
Aging, emotion, and cognition: The role of strategies
Journal of experimental psychology. General
Arithmetic problem-solving performance
downin humans1
1 study
Arithmetic problem-solving performance
downin humans1
Negative emotions impair arithmetic problem-solving performance in humans.
“Participants obtained poorer performance in emotion than in neutral conditions, with stronger interference by negative than positive emotions.”
Human trial
Are There Age-Related Differences in Effects of Positive and Negative Emotions in Arithmetic?
Experimental psychology
Numerosity estimation performance
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1 study
Numerosity estimation performance
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Negative emotions improve numerosity estimation performance in humans.
“participants improved their performance under negative emotions while estimating collections of non-abstract, daily-life elements (i.e., cars).”
Human trialnon-abstract, daily-life elements (cars)
How negative emotions affect young and older adults' numerosity estimation performance
Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
Numerosity estimation accuracy
downin humans1
1 study
Numerosity estimation accuracy
downin humans1
Negative emotions impair numerosity estimation accuracy in humans.
“participants were less accurate under negative emotions than under neutral emotions when they estimated numerosity of collections of abstract elements”
Human trialabstract elements (dots)
How negative emotions affect young and older adults' numerosity estimation performance
Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
What is Negative emotions linked with?
3Studies link Negative emotions with 3 measures, most often arithmetic strategy selection and execution (1 study), older self-perceived age (1) and efficiency of strategy execution (1).
Arithmetic strategy selection and execution
mixedin humans1
1 study
Arithmetic strategy selection and execution
mixedin humans1
Negative emotions are associated with arithmetic strategy selection and execution in humans.
“how fear, disgust, and sadness influence strategy selection and strategy execution differed in young and older adults.”
Human trial
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
Older self-perceived age
upin humans1
1 study
Older self-perceived age
upin humans1
Negative emotions are associated with older self-perceived age in humans.
“participants with irritability, nervous feelings, worrier/anxious feelings or fed-up feelings, worry too long and loneliness/isolation are more likely to be rated as "about your age" or "older than you are,"”
Humansadjusted for covariatesn = 347,892
International journal of health policy and management
Efficiency of strategy execution
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1 study
Efficiency of strategy execution
downin humans1
Negative emotions are associated with efficiency of strategy execution in humans.
“negative emotions (a) influenced efficiency of strategy execution less strongly in older adults than in young adults”
Human trial
Aging, emotion, and cognition: The role of strategies
Journal of experimental psychology. General
Funding
1 grant since 2023Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCA$119.6k