Approach-Motivated Positive Affect Reduces Breadth of Attention
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The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 failed. The earliest on record is from 2026.
Replications
- A registered conceptual replication and extension of Gable and Harmon-Jones (2008): does motivational intensity, valence, or perceptual focality drive attentional breadth?, Goodhew et al. (2026). Cognition and Emotion. Outcome recorded: failed.
Seminal work by Gable and Harmon-Jones (Gable, P. A., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2008). Approach-motivated positive affect reduces breadth of attention. Psychological Science, 19(5), 476–482, Study 2) found that pictures of desserts narrowed attentional breadth relative to pictures of rocks. | However, attentional breadth was invariant across image type and perceptual focality, and across participant ratings of valence and motivational intensity. (...) This invariance means that…
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Gable, P. A., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2008). Approach-Motivated Positive Affect Reduces Breadth of Attention. Psychological Science, 19(5), 476–482. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02112.x
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