Positive Affect and Cognitive Restoration: Investigating the Role of Valence and Arousal

Positive moods are thought to restore self-control resources following depletion. However, it is not well understood whether this effect is due to affective valence (pleasantness), arousal (activation), or a combination of both. Across four studies, we set out to investigate the role of positive moo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nealis, Logan J., van Allen, Zack M., Zelenski, John M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718626/