Hot cognition explained

Symptoms of depression: “hot” and “cold” cognition

Evidence-based Psychiatric Care 2015;1;48-58 Abstract Objectives: The central role of cognitive deficits in depression is well established and represents a primary mediator of the negative consequences of this disorder in both human and economic terms. The aim of the present review is to provide an up-to-date overview of current knowledge on the cognitive aspects of depression with particular f...

Working Memory Capacity in Hot and Cold Cognition

Much has been said about the relationship between measures of Work­ ing Memory Capacity (WMC) and higher order cognition. Indeed, what exactly accounts for this relationship has been a major topic of inquiry in cognitive psychology for over 20 years (Engle & Oransky, 1999). Attempts to better understand this problem have shed considerable light on the role of WMC in a wide array of research dom...

Editorial: Adaptive Hot Cognition: How Emotion Drives Information Processing and Cognition Steers Affective Processing

Does "Hot Cognition" Mediate the Relationship between Dysfunctional Attitudes (Cold Cognition) and Depression?

Objective: Whilst the finding of a relationship between negative cognition and depression appears to be fairly robust, the types of cognition which are most relevant to depression are a source of debate. Much of the research generated has explored cognitions based on the Beckian (1967, 1983) cognitive model of depression, such as dysfunctional attitudes, which represent ‘cold’ cognition. Despit...

Hot cognition in agricultural policy preferences in Norway ?

The paper tests the hypothesis that cultural and social background is far more influential to form preferences about policy than the level of fact-based knowledge a person possesses. The data for the case study stem from a web-based survey among a representative sample of the adult population in Norway. The degree of knowledge of agriculture in this paper is operationalized through questions on...