Editing Anchoring effect (section)

===Mood===
A wide range of research has linked sad or depressed moods with more extensive and accurate evaluation of problems.<ref name="BodenhausenGabriel2000">{{cite journal|last1=Bodenhausen|first1=G. V.|last2=Gabriel|first2=S.|last3=Lineberger|first3=M.|title=Sadness and Susceptibility to Judgmental Bias: The Case of Anchoring|journal=Psychological Science|volume=11|issue=4|year=2000|pages=320–323|doi=10.1111/1467-9280.00263|pmid=11273392|s2cid=16099891}}</ref> As a result of this, earlier studies hypothesized that people with more depressed moods would tend to use anchoring less than those with happier moods. However, more recent studies have shown the opposite effect: sad people are ''more'' likely to use anchoring than people with happy or neutral mood.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Englich | first1 = B. | last2 = Soder | first2 = K. | year = 2009 | title = Moody experts: How mood and expertise influence judgmental anchoring | journal = Judgment and Decision Making | volume = 4 | pages = 41–50 | doi = 10.1017/S1930297500000693 | doi-access = free }}</ref> In a study focusing on medical practitioners, it was found that physicians that possess positive moods are less susceptible to anchoring bias, when compared to physicians with neutral moods. This was specifically found to be because a positive mood leads to information processing that is more systematic which leads to more efficient problem solving. This leads to a decreased anchoring effect.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Qijia |title=The Influence of Mood States on Anchoring Effects |url=https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/54481/Qijia_CHEN_Thesis%20Manuscript_The%20Influence%20of%20Mood%20States%20on%20Anchoring%20Effects.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |website=Knowledge Bank |publisher=The Ohio State University |access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref>