Being sad can make you more capable, less gullible.Byline: ANI Melbourne, November 3 (ANI): Being sad may actually be a good thing because Australian researchers have found that bad moods make people less gullible, more critical and also boosts memory. Joseph Forgas, a psychology professor at the University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. , headed the study that found people in a negative mood showed improved ability to assess others and were more attentive to their surroundings than happier people, who were more likely to believe anything they were told. "Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, cooperation, and reliance on mental shortcuts See Win Shortcuts. , negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking paying greater attention to the external world," the Courier Mail quoted Prof Forgas as saying. "Our research suggests that sadness ... promotes information processing information processing: see data processing. information processing Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer-based operations. strategies best suited to dealing with more demanding situations," he added. The study also found that a "mildly negative mood may actually promote a more concrete, accommodative and ultimately more successful communication style". "Positive mood is not universally desirable: people in negative mood are less prone to judgmental judg·men·tal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or dependent on judgment: a judgmental error. 2. Inclined to make judgments, especially moral or personal ones: errors, are more resistant to eyewitness distortions and are better at producing high-quality, effective persuasive messages," Prof Forgas wrote. The study was published in the Australasian Science Australasian Science is a monthly science magazine published in Australia. It contains a mixture of news items and feature articles. Series
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