executive functions - Reflectd - bringing psychology studies to life https://reflectd.co Bringing psychology studies to life Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:08:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/reflectd.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-Reflectd-Books_H4-e1719817178628.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 executive functions - Reflectd - bringing psychology studies to life https://reflectd.co 32 32 89556574 How Your Mood Influences Your Cognitive Functioning https://reflectd.co/2013/05/05/the-influence-of-moods-on-cognition-and-executive-functions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-influence-of-moods-on-cognition-and-executive-functions https://reflectd.co/2013/05/05/the-influence-of-moods-on-cognition-and-executive-functions/#respond Sun, 05 May 2013 09:19:00 +0000 http://reflectd.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/the-influence-of-moods-on-cognition-and-executive-functions/ A literature review by Mitchell & Phillips (2007) examined how positive and negative moods influence people’s cognitive functioning, or more specifically, executive functions.  Positive moods impair certain aspects of people’s executive functioning. The increased dopamine levels found in happy people are probably responsible for this effect on cognition, the authors say. For this reason, a positive mood seems to […]

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