We posit that the ability to accurately perceive information of an emotional character should be
related to a heightened reactivity to environmental stimuli, although the definition of EI by Mayer
et al. (2000) does not include such an aspect. Their definition nonetheless implies a disposition of
this kind in the postulation that EI involves registering and attending to emotional cues in order to
extract information inherent to such stimuli. We therefore tested the hypothesis that EI is related to
a disposition to experience more intense affect in response to emotional stimuli and employed, for
this purpose, the Affect Intensity Measure