For questions regarding the physiological and environmental stimuli that shape our perceptions and influence our behavior.
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How long can a person stay happy, excited and motivated about something new?
I'm interested in learning more about studies or experiments that determine how long a typical person can stay excited about something new:
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What is a validated single-item measure of mood?
Has anyone validated, proposed or tested a single-item state-based positive affect or happiness measure? I am particularly interested in something for tracking mood every day.
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Longitudinal mobile mood tracking app with random reminders
The goal is to take simple measurements of mood using Likert scale over an extended period of time (e.g. two months).
I know there is a large number of mobile apps for tracking mood on every ...
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Is there a database of emotional stimuli available?
For my research I need to use emotional stimuli to use for habituation to certain emotion.
Are there any databases available (preferably free or not expensive) of non-linguistic stimuli I could use? ...
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Are there emotions that only some people can feel?
Presumably, there are emotions that almost any person can feel, such as happiness, sadness, guilt, and embarrassment.
But are there emotions that only a small fraction of the population can feel?
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Do people feel emotions less strongly as they grow older? [closed]
I'm specifically interested in whether or not their maximum ability to feel an emotion decreases as they grow older (so by that I'm meaning - let's ignore the effects of tolerance induced by life ...
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How does body temperature affect perception of time?
Does raising or lowering one's body temperature lead to different perceptions of time? And does this then control the virtual length of positive or negative emotions?
For example, individuals might ...
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How to measure emotional intensity?
This is a follow-up question to: Do people feel emotions less strongly as they grow older?
Basically - I'm wondering - has anyone ever made an empirical measurement of how strongly someone felt ...
