The Art of Anger
@article{Aarts2010TheAO,
title={The Art of Anger},
author={Henk Aarts and Kirsten I. Ruys and Harm Veling and Robert A. Renes and Jasper H. B. de Groot and Anna M. van Nunen and Sarit Geertjes},
journal={Psychological Science},
year={2010},
volume={21},
pages={1406 - 1410},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:30481336}
}This study tested the ignored role of reward context in potentiating approach rather than avoidance responses toward objects associated with anger and showed that approach motivation toward anger-related objects can be observed when responding is framed in terms of rewards that one can obtain.
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