Mood moderates the effect of aesthetic appeal on performance

被引：17

作者：

Reppa, Irene ^{[1
]}

McDougall, Sine ^{[2
]}

Sonderegger, Andreas ^{[3
]}

Schmidt, William C. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Swansea Univ, Psychol Dept, Swansea, W Glam, Wales

[2] Bournemouth Univ, Psychol Dept, Bournemouth, Dorset, England

[3] Univ Fribourg, Psychol Dept, Fribourg, Switzerland

[4] SR Res, Ottawa, ON, Canada

来源：

COGNITION & EMOTION | 2021年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

Aesthetic appeal; mood; reward; counter-regulation; performance; icons; COUNTER-REGULATION; AUTOMATIC ATTENTION; POSITIVE MOOD; HAPPY; EMOTIONS; STIMULI; USABILITY; BEAUTIFUL; DYNAMICS; PLEASURE;

D O I：

10.1080/02699931.2020.1800446

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Aesthetically appealing stimuli can improve performance in demanding target localisation tasks compared to unappealing stimuli. Two search-and-localisation experiments were carried out to examine the possible underlying mechanism mediating the effects of appeal on performance. Participants (N = 95) were put in a positive or negative mood prior to carrying out a visual target localisation task with appealing and unappealing targets. In both experiments, positive moodinitiallyled to faster localisation of appealing compared to unappealing stimuli, while an advantage for appealing over unappealing stimuli emerged over time in negative mood participants. The findings are compatible with the idea that appealing stimuli may be inherently rewarding, with aesthetic appeal overcoming the detrimental effects of negative mood on performance and help counteract the adverse effect of negative mood on performance.

引用

页码：15 / 29

页数：15

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