Fishing for happiness: the effects of generating positive imagery on mood and behaviour.

Experimental evidence using picture-word cues has shown that generating mental imagery has a causal impact on emotion, at least for images prompted by negative or benign stimuli. It remains unclear whether this finding extends to overtly positive stimuli and whether generating positive imagery can i...

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Main Authors: Pictet, A, Coughtrey, A, Mathews, A, Holmes, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011