Emotional Reasoning

A cognitive heuristic that occurs when feelings, rather than objective evidence, are used as a source of information when making evaluative judgments about the external world.

Reference:

Paredes-Mealla, M., Martinez-Borba, V., Miragall, M., Garcia-Palacios, A., Baños, R. M., & Suso-Ribera, C. (2023). Is there evidence that emotional reasoning processing underlies emotional disorders in adults? A systematic review. Current Psychology, 42(32), 28738-28754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03884-4