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Motivational arousal led to improved performance on simple problems without affecting performance on complex problems. It also resulted in increased utilization of clues. Its effects seem more specific than those of high input, and may be explicable in terms of arousal theory.
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Suedfeld, P., Goeller, N. The effect of motivational arousal on information processing in the convergent word identification task. Psychon Sci 9, 231–232 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330844
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