According to new research, people’s ability to process language alters depending on how they’re feeling. So if you're in a mood, you might actually perform better at work!
If you’re dealing with a piece of work that requires spotting inconsistencies, it may be an idea to wait until you’re in a bad mood.
‘Mood and language seem to be supported by different brain networks. But we have one brain, and the two are processed in the same brain, so there is a lot of interaction going on,’ said Professor Lai. A computerised survey was then used to evaluate participants’ moods before and after watching the clips. While the funny clips did not impact participants’ moods, the sad clips succeeded in putting participants in a more negative mood, the researchers found.
The researchers also presented versions of the stories in which the critical sentences were swapped so they didn’t fit the context. Then they looked at how the brain reacted to the inconsistencies, depending on mood. ‘These are the same stories, but in different moods, the brain sees them differently, with the sad mood being the more analytical mood,’ Lai said.
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