Iris W. Hung

TL;DR: In this article, two different processing strategies are postulated to underlie the integration of this information, the activation of which may be influenced by chronic individual differences in the disposition to process information visually vs. verbally, situational factors that influence the relative accessibility of these strategies in memory, and characteristics of the information to be processed.

TL;DR: In this article, two different processing strategies are postulated to underlie the integration of this information, the activation of which may be influenced by chronic individual differences in the disposition to process information visually vs. verbally, situational factors that influence the relative accessibility of these strategies in memory, and characteristics of the information to be processed.

TL;DR: The authors show that firming one's muscles can help firm willpower and mediates one's ability to withstand immediate pain, overcome food temptation, consume unpleasant medicines, and attend to immediately disturbing but essential information, provided that doing so is seen as providing long-term benefits.

TL;DR: The authors found that when participants took the perspective of the beneficiary at the time they read an appeal for help, characteristics of the appeal that increased the ease with which they could imagine the situation from this perspective (e.g., a picture of the victim) had a positive effect on both their urge to help and the amount of money they donated.

TL;DR: The authors examine how the visual perspectives that people take to appraise an event, that is, whether they view themselves as actors in the situation or observers of it, influence the intensities of the emotions they experience.