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Anger makes people want things more

November 2, 2010 by

Anger is an interesting emotion for psychologists. On the one hand, it's negative, but then it also has some of the features of positive emotions. Researchers have found that associating an object with anger actually makes people want the object -- a kind of motivation that's normally associated with positive emotions.

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