Being in an bad mood can enable certain individuals to think all the more proficiently as far as their capacity to center consideration, oversee time and organize undertakings, as per new research.

New research found that being in a bad mood can help some people’s executive functioning, such as their ability to focus attention, manage time and prioritize tasks. The same study found that a good mood has a negative effect on it in some cases.

Tara McAuley, a psychology professor at the University of Waterloo, and Martyn S. Gabel, a PhD candidate, explored whether our emotional reactivity shaped how mood influences the kinds of thinking skills we need to navigate the demands and stresses of day-to-day life. Emotional reactivity refers to the sensitivity, intensity and duration of our emotional responses associated with our mood.

“Our results show that there are some people for whom a bad mood may actually hone the kind of thinking skills that are important for everyday life,” said McAuley.

The high-reactive individuals – people who have rapid, intense, and enduring emotional responses – performed better on executive function tasks when experiencing a bad mood. Low-reactive individuals showed the opposite effect, with bad mood associated with worse executive functioning.

This pattern of results supports the view that a bad mood may help with some executive skills – but only for people who are more emotionally reactive.

“People shouldn’t interpret the results as saying it’s fine to fly off the handle or overreact, or to be grouchy,” said McAuley. “We know that emotional reactivity differs from person to person starting at a very early age and that these individual differences have implications for mental health later in development.”

Further research is needed to explain the relationship, but some studies suggest that high-reactive people are more accustomed to experiencing negative emotions. As such, bad moods may be less distracting for them compared with lower-reactive people.
The study included 95 participants, each of whom completed nine distinct tasks and questionnaires that measure the interplay of mood, emotional reactivity and various working memory and analytic challenges.

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I think its true

So are they saying we should be in a bad mood all the time?





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and give u high blood pressure........weak researchers

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Not for Africans.

Really

How about this mood

Not when the bad mood is created by this government

Me dat am always in a bad mood

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You people shaa want to configure our lives to remain permanently in bad mood.

What self?

I can relate. This research is correct.

This's arguably true as being in a bad mood helps your discerning ability to figure a solution out of your problem

Speaking from experience, very true

Dem no get​Sense

Ovoko..

I no sure cos every Nigerian is in a bad mood by default

Research upon research!

we are already on bad mood since buhari assume power but some person's brain productivity is still zero....eg ekiti state.

Okayyyyyyy ah for say.

Lol, no wonder some people body dey always HOT like fire!

fake fake researchers everywhere

Science has reached a state of confusion in recent times

It seems to be going back and forth on theories and discoveries.

New research found that being in a bad mood can help some people’s executive functioning, such as their ability to focus attention, manage time and prioritize tasks. The same study found that a good mood has a negative effect on it in some cases

Bad mood is a state of emotional lowness associated with lack of motivation. How then will this work?

Your subjects of observation must be a deviation from human normalcy.

...To commit evil

I doubt this one

Very correct

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