Psychology Department, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Psychology Department, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
Cogn Emot. 2021 Feb;35(1):15-29. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2020.1800446. Epub 2020 Jul 31.
Aesthetically appealing stimuli can improve performance in demanding target localisation tasks compared to unappealing stimuli. Two search-and-localisation experiments were carried out to examine the possible underlying mechanism mediating the effects of appeal on performance. Participants (= 95) were put in a positive or negative mood prior to carrying out a visual target localisation task with appealing and unappealing targets. In both experiments, positive mood led to faster localisation of appealing compared to unappealing stimuli, while an advantage for appealing over unappealing stimuli emerged over time in negative mood participants. The findings are compatible with the idea that appealing stimuli may be inherently rewarding, with aesthetic appeal overcoming the detrimental effects of negative mood on performance.
与不吸引人的刺激相比，有吸引力的刺激可以提高在要求苛刻的目标定位任务中的表现。进行了两项搜索和定位实验，以研究可能介导吸引力对表现的影响的潜在机制。在进行具有吸引力和无吸引力目标的视觉目标定位任务之前，将参与者（=95）置于积极或消极的情绪中。在两项实验中，积极的情绪导致吸引人的刺激比无吸引力的刺激更快地定位，而在消极情绪的参与者中，随着时间的推移，吸引人的刺激相对于无吸引力的刺激表现出优势。这些发现与以下观点一致，即吸引人的刺激可能本质上是有回报的，审美吸引力克服了消极情绪对表现的不利影响。
