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Direct linkMills, Caitlin; Wu, Jennifer; D'Mello, Sidney – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
We investigated how affective states influence expository text comprehension and whether text valence moderates the effects (i.e., mood congruency). In Experiment 1 participants were randomly assigned to a happy or sad affective state (elicited via films) before reading a positive or negative version of a scientific text on animal adaptations.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Reading Comprehension, Affective Behavior, Adults
