Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Dr. Grossmann's most recent article, Wise Reasoning Benefits from Emodiversity, Irrespective of Emotional Intensity, is published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology and shows that a person’s ability to reason wisely about a challenging situation may improve when they also experience diverse yet balanced emotions. You can read more about it on the UW News page or in .
It seems that wise reasoning does not align with uniform emotional down-regulation, as portrayed by Dr. Spock. Rather, wise reasoning accompanies one’s ability to recognize and balance a wide range of emotions, as portrayed by Yoda