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New paper in Emotion:
We found that elevated momentary pain was associated with lower momentary emotional granularity/differentiation in individuals with chronic pain. However, when mean emotion was controlled for, this association was robust only for positive emotions.
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Executive Functions and Emotional Granularity: No Evidence for Positive Associations - Affective Science Emotional granularity is the ability to experience one’s emotional experiences in a nuanced and specific manner. According to the theory of constructed emotion, between-person differences in emotional...

New paper out on testing potential cognitive foundations of emotional granularity/emotion differentiation. In contrast to what we expected, we found no associations between executive functions and granularity.

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