Broaden and build theory: These findings are compatible with broaden and build. Specifically, when individuals experience anger, their attention and memory are directed towards the stimuli that provoke frustration. When individuals experience fear, their attention and memory are directed towards threatening stimuli. In contrast, in a positive state, attention and memory is not necessarily directed towards specific classes of stimuli. Thus, ambient or extraneous features are more likely to be processed (e.g., Fredrickson & Branigan, 2005).