Depression is the primary emotional condition for which help is sought. Depressed people
often report persistent rumination, which involves analysis, and complex social problems in …

Dual process models offer powerful accounts of cognitive phenomena in social and
personality psychology but they have not been widely adapted to clinical phenomena. This …

Anxiety and depression are linked to lower academic performance. It is proposed that
academic performance is reduced in young people with high levels of anxiety or depression …

Uncertainty is a key variable in fostering curiosity, which, in turn, is associated with learning.
Yet, research in educational contexts rarely takes uncertainty into account, and rarely …

How does a person's mood during technology training influence motivation, intentions, and,
ultimately, usage of the new technology? Do these mood effects dissipate or are they …

Misinformation has become prevalent since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. To
understand why people believe and share misinformation, we conducted a nationwide …

There is ample evidence that emotions affect performance. Positive emotions can improve
performance, while negative ones can diminish it. For example, the fears induced by the …

The current study examined the association between self-reported depressive
symptomology and college academic performance. A significant, negative relationship was …

Teaching and learning are highly social activities. Seminal psychologists such as Vygotsky,
Piaget, and Bandura have theorized that social interaction is a key mechanism in the …

The effects of experimentally induced emotions on task-related processing resources were
investigated in two studies designed as dual-task-like paradigms. In Experiment 1, 24 …