Individual Choose-to-Transmit Decisions Reveal Little Preference for Transmitting Negative or High-Arousal Content

Research on social transmission suggests that people preferentially transmit information about threats and social interactions. Such biases might be driven by the arousal that is experienced as part of the emotional response triggered by information about threats or social relationships. The current...

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Authors: van Leeuwen, Florian (Author) ; Parren, Nora (Author) ; Miton, Helena (Author)
Contributors: Boyer, Pascal (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 18, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 124-153
Further subjects:B Cultural Transmission negativity bias threat detection anxiety social support
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