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Angry People Pay More Attention To Rewards Than Threats
August 13, 2010 by NewsBot
Anger is a negative emotion. But, like being happy or excited, feeling angry makes people want to seek rewards, according to a new study of emotion and visual attention. The researchers found that people who are angry pay more attention to rewards than to threats - the opposite of people feeling other negative emotions like fear...


