![]() Hot cognition is often related to biased judgments and decision making, such as motivated reasoning, and therefore overlaps with topics covered in Chapter 3 on cognitive and decision biases. Topics covered in this chapter overlap somewhat with topics covered in some of the other chapters. Researchers have called this ability “hot cognition” (Abelson, 1963 Brand, 1987) to contrast it with the arguably better understood and more commonly researched topic of cognition under circumstances of cool, level, or moderate emotions, or cold cognition. This chapter considers three topics-defensive reactivity, emotional regulation, and performance under stress-that share a common theme of being concerned with one’s ability to function well in situations that elicit strong emotions. ![]() The committee concludes that the hot cognition domain merits inclusion in a program of basic research with the long-term goal of improving the Army’s enlisted accession system. Research on performance has tended to underplay the role emotions can play in governing behavior, whether for good or bad. Research and military experience suggest that the ability to perform well in situations that elicit emotional responses is important in many contexts that are relevant to the military. ![]() Hot Cognition: Defensive Reactivity, Emotional Regulation, and Performance under StressĬommittee Conclusion: “Hot cognition” includes the topics of defensive reactivity, emotional regulation, and performance under stress. ![]()
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