Valence Asymmetry in Cognition—A Formal Account
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Published online on March 19, 2026
Abstract
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Academic AbstractValence asymmetries—the tendency for bad stimuli to elicit more processing effort than good ones—have been widely observed but remain theoretically contested. To advance this debate, we present a formalized account integrating two major ...
Academic AbstractValence asymmetries—the tendency for bad stimuli to elicit more processing effort than good ones—have been widely observed but remain theoretically contested. To advance this debate, we present a formalized account integrating two major ...