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Direct linkSmajic, Adnan; Merritt, Stephanie; Banister, Christina; Blinebry, Amanda – Teaching of Psychology, 2014
Laboratory studies have established a negative relationship between the color red and academic performance. This research examined whether this effect would generalize to classroom performance and whether anxiety and negative affect might mediate the effect. In two studies, students taking classroom exams were randomly assigned an exam color. We…
Descriptors: Color, Anxiety, Performance, Tests
