Effects of emotion on optimism bias and illusion of control in traffic.

This study's aim was to investigate the effect of anger on cognitive bias in traffic. An experimental design was used in which subjects either did or did not receive an emotion induction procedure. All subjects made judgements of traffic situations . The emotions that people experience and express in certain situations are different from person to person. It is expected that the emotion manipulation procedure works best with people who score high on sensation seeking. Another reason to include sensation seeking in the experiment, is that relations have been shown between sensation seeking and risk taking behavior.

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