A warm heart and a clear head -: The contingent effects of weather on mood and cognition
A warm heart and a clear head -: The contingent effects of weather on mood and cognition
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01602.x
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发表时间：
2005-09-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Wager, T
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作者：
Keller, MC;Fredrickson, BL;Wager, T
之前关于天气和心理变化之间关系的研究得出了不同的结果。在某种程度上，这种不一致性可能是因为天气的心理影响受到两个重要因素的调节：季节和户外时间。在两项相关性研究和一项操纵参与者户外时间的实验（总N= 605）中，随着户外时间的增加，宜人的天气（较高的温度或大气压）与春季更高的情绪，更好的记忆力和“拓宽”的认知方式有关。在一年中的其他时间没有观察到情绪和天气之间的相同关系，事实上，夏季较热的天气与较低的情绪有关。这些结果与季节性情感障碍的研究结果一致，并表明宜人的天气改善了春季的情绪并拓宽了认知，因为人们在冬季被剥夺了这样的天气。
Prior studies on the association between weather and psychological changes have produced mixed results. In part, this inconsistency may be because weather's psychological effects are moderated by two important factors: the season and time spent outside. In two correlational studies and an experiment manipulating participants' time outdoors (total N= 605), pleasant weather (higher temperature or barometric pressure) was related to higher mood, better memory, and "broadened" cognitive style during the spring as time spent outside increased. The same relationships between mood and weather were not observed during other times of year, and indeed hotter weather was associated with lower mood in the summer. These results are consistent with findings on seasonal affective disorder, and suggest that pleasant weather improves mood and broadens cognition in the spring because people have been deprived of such weather during the winter.