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Impact of Mood on Cognitive Flexibility in Different Categorisation Tasks

Authors
Ming Liu1, a,*, †, Jingxi Wu2, b, *, †, Boya Xie3, c, *, †
1Dulwich International High School, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
2School of United World College Changshu China, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
3West Buckland School, North Devon, England, United Kingdom
†

Those authors contributed equally.

*Corresponding author. Email: amissmingliu@gmail.com
Corresponding Authors
Ming Liu, Jingxi Wu, Boya Xie
Available Online 17 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.028How to use a DOI?
Keywords
cognitive flexibility; categorisation task; rule-described; non-rule described; mood
Abstract

Previous research suggested that mood can have an impact on cognitive flexibility. This study investigated how mood affects the cognitive flexibility of 14 healthy participants with an age range of 14-49 in categorisation tasks, in which one half was induced a positive mood and the other half negative. All participants completed a rule-described and a non-rule described categorisation task. It is found that people overall performed better in the former, and negative mood seems to have a slightly positive impact on their performance in both tasks. Also, people have a tendency to conclude a rule that can easily be verbally described to conform to. Our findings provide a new area and direction for researchers to investigate how mood relates to cognitive flexibility in the future.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 January 2022
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.028
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.028How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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