Positivity versus negativity is a matter of timing

Abstract “Negative” emotions are never purely negative. They attract attention at the very least and often stay attractive enough to make rehearsing them an addictive activity. As the authors point out, they also counteract a relentless tendency for positive emotions to become boring. Analysis in terms of reward suggests why this tendency occurs and how symbiosis with negative emotions may arise, in art and in life.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Behavioral and Brain Sciences

• Publication date

  2017-11-29

• Fields of study

  Art, Medicine, Sociology, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1017/S0140525X17001820PMID 29342797
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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