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Emotions Can Influence Each Other, Impacting Decision-Making and Judgments.

Now that I'm Sad, It's Hard to Be Mad: The Role of Cognitive Appraisals in Emotional Blunting
Karen Page Winterich, Seunghee Han, Jennifer S. Lerner

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The article explores how feeling one emotion can affect how we feel the next one. The researchers found that when we feel sad, it's harder to feel angry afterwards, and vice versa. This is because our thoughts about who is in control of a situation can influence our emotions. The study also showed that this emotional carryover can impact our thinking processes. This research suggests that the order of our emotional experiences is important and can have implications for how we make judgments in real-life situations.