Jennifer Lerner Quotes

When you get really mad, you often have very large cardiovascular responses. - Dr. Jennifer Lerner

We're showing for the first time that incidental emotions from one situation can exert a causal effect on economic behavior in other, ostensibly unrelated situations. - Jennifer Lerner

We didn't focus on how they felt after they bought things. Instead we focused on what led up to the buying decision. - Jennifer Lerner

These are the most exciting data I've ever collected. - Jennifer Lerner

Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger. The more they are displaying anger, the lower the stress responses. - Jennifer Lerner

Having that sense of anger leads people to actually feel some power in what otherwise is a maddening situation. - Jennifer Lerner

Angry people are actually not just more optimistic than fearful people, they're optimistic in an absolute sense, that is they are as optimistic as happy people and that was surprising to us. - Dr. Jennifer Lerner

Anger triggers a sense of certainty as well as a sense of control. - Dr. Jennifer Lerner

Anger can sometimes be adaptive. We're showing for the first time that when you are in a situation that is maddening and in which anger or indignation are justifiable responses, anger is not bad for you. - Jennifer Lerner

Analyses of facial expressions revealed that the more fear individuals displayed in response to the stressors, the higher their biological responses to stress. By contrast, the more anger and disgust (indignation) individuals displayed in response to the same stressors, the lower their responses. - Jennifer Lerner

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