The one-way t-test results shown in Table 1 indicated
that the happy participants had a higher percentage of
general information processing than the sad ones
(p=0.035); the sad participants had a higher
percentage of specific information processing than the
happy ones (p=0.035). Therefore, Hypothesis 1 and 2
are supported. There was no significant difference
between sad and happy participants on query length
(p=0.656) as shown in Table 1. So, Hypothesis 3 is not
supported. Although mood did not affect how the
participants searched for information, it effected how
they processed information. Our study supported AAI
on information processing but failed to extend it to
information searching behavior.