And more pronounced emotional arousal (whether positive or negative) tends to lead one to have less discriminative use of information (Forgas, 1992; Forgas & Bower, 1987; Gleicher & Weary, 1991), which can then lead to poor decision-making outcomes (Slovic, Finucane, Peters, & MacGregor, 2004). It therefore appears that both strongly felt positive affect and strongly felt negative affect can lead to ill-advised action inconsistent with long-term goals.
