Essays about: "emotions and mood"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the words emotions and mood.

  1. 21. Defining Nostalgia and Its Functions: A Review

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Jimmy Andersson; [2011]
    Keywords : Homesickness; Melancholia; Depression; Emotional memory; Olfactory; Positive emotions; Triggers;

    Abstract : Nostalgia is a psychological phenomenon we all can relate to but have a hard time to define. What characterizes the mental state of feeling nostalgia? What psychological function does it serve? Different published materials in a wide range of fields, from consumption research and sport science to clinical psychology, psychoanalysis and sociology, all have slightly different definition of this mental experience. READ MORE

  3. 22. Stressing emotions : A single subject design study testing an emotion-focused transdiagnostic treatment for stress-related ill health

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Akademin för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Malin Anniko; Lisa Bodland Fielding; [2011]
    Keywords : Stress-related ill health; emotion regulation; Unified Protocol; transdiagnostic treatment; cognitive behavioral therapy; single subject design; Stressrelaterad ohälsa; emotionsreglering; Unified Protocol; transdiagnostisk behandling; kognitiv beteendeterapi; single subject design;

    Abstract :  Abstract  Individual psychological factors have been recognized to play an important role in the development of stress-related symptomatology. Despite extensive comorbidity between stress-related ill health and mood disorders, the advances in research on emotion regulation and transdiagnostics, have not been recognized in stress research to any considerable degree. READ MORE

  4. 23. Implications of dysphoria on driving ability : A study using a driving simulator paradigm

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Kenny Skagerlund; [2010]
    Keywords : dysphoria; depression; driving ability;

    Abstract : The project of enhancing traffic safety is a continuous effort that will not cease in its aspirations. In fact, as technology evolves and additional digital artifacts are implemented into our cars, the attention to traffic safety becomes even more important. READ MORE

  5. 24. An emotional journey through Mexican films

    University essay from Filmvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Leticia Navarro; [2007]
    Keywords : mexikanska film; emotions; filmanalys; Buñuel; Emilio Fernandez;

    Abstract : One of the characteristics of film viewing since the beginning is the reaction film causes in the audience. This emotional reaction puzzles me. The aim of this study is to discover how film conveys emotions to the viewer and how these emotions are triggered. READ MORE

  6. 25. EMO - A Computational Emotional State Module : Emotions and their influence on the behaviour of autonomous agents

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Jimmy Esbjörnsson; [2007]
    Keywords : artificial intelligence AI ; emotions; feelings; mood; sigmoid function; response curve; behaviour; autonomous agent; real-time strategy game RTS ; open real-time strategy ORTS ;

    Abstract : Artificial intelligence (AI) is already a fundamental component of computer games. In this context is emotions a growing part in simulating real life. The proposed emotional state module, provides a way for the game agents to select an action in real-time virtual environments. READ MORE