Affect was significantly less positive and more negative during slow thought. Results indicated that fast and varied thought independently increased self-reported mania symptoms. Change in mania and anxiety symptoms was assessed through direct self-reported symptom levels and indirect, processing bias assessment (threat interpretation). Participants completed a thought speed and variability manipulation task, inducing a combination of fast/slow and varied/repetitive thought. ![]() ![]() A general population sample was recruited online (N = 263). The present study explored the independent and combinational influence of these variables upon condition-specific symptoms and affective state, as proposed by Pronin and Jacobs’ (Perspect Psychol Sci, 3:461–485, 2008) theory of mental motion. Thought speed and variability are purportedly common features of specific psychological states, such as mania and anxiety.
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