Positive emotions have the potential to undo hanging on negative emotions. Undoing effect occurs both at the cognitive level as well as at the psychological level.
In an experiment done by Frederickson et al (2000), among a sample of US participants, after exposing to an anticipated fear evoking situation, it was identified that watching positive emotion videos had been more effective in reducing the previously enhanced cardiovascular responses faster than watching negative emotion videos and neutral videos.
About Me
- Dr.K.R.Santhosh, Ph.D.
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Specialized in Positive Psychology
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