Counter-regulation online: Threat biases retrieval of information during Internet search

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Highlights：

• Threat is likely to occur during self-relevant Internet search (e.g., for health).

• We investigate how threat affects information retrieval during Internet search.

• Search term generation and information retrieval are positively biased under threat.

摘要

•Threat is likely to occur during self-relevant Internet search (e.g., for health).•We investigate how threat affects information retrieval during Internet search.•Search term generation and information retrieval are positively biased under threat.

论文关键词：Threat,Internet search,Retrieval,Counter-regulation,Self-relevant information

论文评审过程：Available online 22 April 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.077