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A neuropsychological theory of positive affect and its influence on cognition.

• F. Gregory Ashby, Alice M. Isen, And U. Turken
• Psychological review
• 1999

Positive affect systematically influences performance on many cognitive tasks. A new neuropsychological theory is proposed that accounts for many of these effects by assuming that positive affect is… (More)

Positive affect facilitates creative problem solving.

• Alice M. Isen, K A Daubman, G P Nowicki
• Journal of personality and social psychology
• 1987

Four experiments indicated that positive affect, induced by means of seeing a few minutes of a comedy film or by means of receiving a small bag of candy, improved performance on two tasks that are… (More)

Affect, accessibility of material in memory, and behavior: a cognitive loop?

• Alice M. Isen, T E Shalker, Martyn Clark, Leonard Karp
• Journal of personality and social psychology
• 1978

Two studies investigated the effect of good mood on cognitive processes. In the first study, conducted in a shopping mall, a positive feeling state was induced by giving subjects a free gift, and… (More)

The Influence of Positive Affect on Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation : Facilitating Enjoyment of Play , Responsible Work Behavior , and Self-Control

• Alice M. Isen, Johnmarshall Reeve
• 2006

Two experiments demonstrated that positive affect fosters intrinsic motivation, as reflected by choice of activity in a free-choice situation and by rated amount of enjoyment of a novel and… (More)

An Influence of Positive Affect on Decision Making in Complex Situations : Theoretical Issues With Practical Implications

• Alice M. Isen
• 2001

This article reviews evidence indicating that, in most circumstances, positive affect enhances problem solving and decision making, leading to cognitive processing that is not only flexible,… (More)

The influence of positive affect on the components of expectancy motivation.

• Amir Khandani Venu Veeravalli Uri Erez, Alice M. Isen
• The Journal of applied psychology
• 2002

The influence of positive affect on expectancy motivation was investigated in 2 studies. The results of Study 1 indicated that positive affect improved people's performance and affected their… (More)

The influence of positive affect on the unusualness of word associations.

• Alice M. Isen, Marvin M. Johnson, E T Mertz, G. Robinson
• Journal of personality and social psychology
• 1985

A pilot study and two experiments investigated the influence of positive affect, induced in three differing ways, on the uniqueness of word associations. Persons in the positive-affect conditions… (More)

Influence of positive affect on the subjective utility of gains and losses: it is just not worth the risk.

• Alice M. Isen, Thomas E. Nygren, F. Gregory Ashby
• Journal of personality and social psychology
• 1988

A modification of the procedure originally used by Davidson, Suppes, and Siegel (1956) to measure subjective utility was used to study the influence of positive affect on individuals' perceived value… (More)

The influence of positive affect on clinical problem solving.

• Alice M. Isen, A S Rosenzweig, Mark J. Young
• Medical decision making : an international…
• 1991

This study investigated the influence of positive affect, induced by report of success on an anagram task, on medical decision making among third-year medical students. The subjects were asked to… (More)

A randomized controlled trial of positive-affect induction to promote physical activity after percutaneous coronary intervention.

• Janey C. Peterson, Mary E. Charlson, +7 authors John P. Allegrante
• Archives of internal medicine
• 2012

BACKGROUND Within 1 year after percutaneous coronary intervention, more than 20% of patients experience new adverse events. Physical activity confers a 25% reduction in mortality; however, physical… (More)

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