Term ID: T3849

Mood Congruent Attention

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The tendency for emotional states to bias attention toward mood-consistent information in the environment.
Example: Depressed individuals paying more attention to negative stimuli while happy people focusing on positive information.

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Reference: Gotlib & Joormann (2010)