Does interest broaden or narrow attentional scope?

Theory proposes that interest is a positive emotion that may either broaden attention to facilitate processing of new information, or narrow attention to preserve engagement with new information. To our knowledge, no research has directly examined the effect of interest on attentional scope. Across...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sung, Billy, Yih, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5209