Mood Affects our Vision

WebMD reports on new research that suggests that our mood literally affects how we see the world.

The research shows that people in a better mood take in more information while they look at something. People in a bad mood are more likely to see with tunnel vision.

Researchers also said that being in a good mood and taking in more information can be a positive or negative thing,

"Good moods enhance the literal size of the window through which we see the world," Taylor Schmitz, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Toronto and lead author of the study said, "The upside of this is this is that we can see things from a more global, or integrative perspective. The downside is that this can lead to distraction on critical tasks that require narrow focus, such as operating dangerous machinery or airport screening of passenger baggage."

blisstree.com also reports about this study.