Anger Makes You Think Better

"A recent study by psychologists at the University of California Santa Barbara found that Anger Fuels Better Decisions in 3 experiments designed to determine how anger affects our thinking. The study demonstrated how raised levels of anger increased the ability to distinguish between strong and weak arguments. In other words, when certain anger thresholds are met, decisions are filtered differently based on perceived notions about strength of arguments. The antithesis being that when we are not angry, we are more likely to consider many, and sometimes even weaker arguments."

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