Moods change in response to our subliminal goals

December 08, 2011 12:52

Nobody wants a crabby colleague. Must-read, if you are:

It happens to all of us: we suddenly and inexplicably feel cheery or blue, even though our mood was quite different just moments before. Often the culprit is a subliminal cue, or, as psychologists call it, priming. But we do not have to be at the mercy of these unconscious cues. Recent research suggests that simply recognizing the phenomenon can help us take control.

Read the story on the Scientific American.

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