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Upward incentive contrast effects that occurred in people who were prone to be happy in reply to their environment were not observed in other, less “happy-prone” individuals. These data supply needed information on an appetitive emotional account of positive contrast.
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Weinstein, L. Positive contrast as due to happiness. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 19, 97–98 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330051
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