Regardless of what may be the cause, results clearly reveal a link between emotional reactivity
and accuracy in the assessment of others mood, as further suggested by the inter-correlations
between Mood Difference and the two measures of Emotion Perception. These results show that a
stronger emotional reaction experienced during the test entailed a more accurate perception of the
mood of fellow participants. In other words, the more affect intense, or the more prone to react
with greater affect to emotional stimuli, the more attuned to others feeling states. This interpretation
would, of course, be strengthened if Mood Difference and AIM were found to be related
to one another.