Savoring an Experience (02-07-23)
Gregory and colleagues studied savoring an experience and their findings have wide-ranging implications for design-related outcomes. The researchers report that “Savoring—an emotion-regulation strategy that involves deliberately upregulating positive affect—has many benefits, but what enhances savoring in the present moment? Drawing from life-history theory, affective and developmental science, and social-psychological frameworks, we examined the idea that perceptions of uncertainty––perceiving the world as random and unpredictable—enhance subsequent savoring. . . .