A Warm Heart and a Clear Head: The Contingent Effects of Weather on Mood and Cognition

@article{citeulike:302739, abstract = {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.}, author = {Keller, Matthew C. and Fredrickson, Barbara L. and Ybarra, Oscar and Cote, Stephane and Johnson, Kareem and Mikels, Joe and Conway, Anne and Wager, Tor}, citeulike-article-id = {302739}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01602.x}, issn = {0956-7976}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {cognition, mood, weather}, month = {September}, number = {9}, pages = {724--731}, posted-at = {2005-08-25 10:48:26}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {A Warm Heart and a Clear Head: The Contingent Effects of Weather on Mood and Cognition}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01602.x}, volume = {16}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:302739 L3 - citeulike-article-id:302739 N2 - 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. IS - 9 JF - Psychological Science SN - 0956-7976 EP - 731 TI - A Warm Heart and a Clear Head: The Contingent Effects of Weather on Mood and Cognition PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 16 SP - 724 KW - cognition KW - mood KW - weather AU - Keller, Matthew AU - Fredrickson, Barbara AU - Ybarra, Oscar AU - Cote, Stephane AU - Johnson, Kareem AU - Mikels, Joe AU - Conway, Anne AU - Wager, Tor PY - 2005/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01602.x ER -