Human Emotions (human + emotion)

Distribution by Scientific Domains


Selected Abstracts


Music and emotion: Electrophysiological correlates of the processing of pleasant and unpleasant music

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 2 2007
Daniela Sammler
Abstract Human emotion and its electrophysiological correlates are still poorly understood. The present study examined whether the valence of perceived emotions would differentially influence EEG power spectra and heart rate (HR). Pleasant and unpleasant emotions were induced by consonant and dissonant music. Unpleasant (compared to pleasant) music evoked a significant decrease of HR, replicating the pattern of HR responses previously described for the processing of emotional pictures, sounds, and films. In the EEG, pleasant (contrasted to unpleasant) music was associated with an increase of frontal midline (Fm) theta power. This effect is taken to reflect emotional processing in close interaction with attentional functions. These findings show that Fm theta is modulated by emotion more strongly than previously believed. [source]


Priming uniquely human emotions and the in-group (but not the out-group) activates humanity concepts

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 2 2006
Jeroen Vaes
Documenting the behavioural consequences of infra-humanization, Vaes, Paladino, Castelli, Leyens, and Giovanazzi (2003) found that, in comparison to in-group members, out-group members are discriminated against when they express uniquely human emotions. It was assumed that expressing a uniquely human emotion makes an in-group member, at least tacitly, more human than an out-group member. Two studies tested this assumption and found, as predicted, that the human concept was more activated in an in-group compared to an out-group context when group members were associated with uniquely human emotions. The possible impact of valence was controlled for, showing that both positive and negative emotions endorsed the same effects (Study 1) and that the activation of the human concept was not a side effect of increased positivity (Study 2). The discussion focuses on the implications of the present studies and suggests new avenues of research. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


The Human Side of Complex Pubilc Policy Mediation

NEGOTIATION JOURNAL, Issue 4 2003
Susan L. Podziba
If properly barnessed, the passions inherent in complex public policy disputes can be a driving force for reaching sustainable agreements, rather than leading to chaos. The author discusses how mediators can intervene to challenge existing assumptions, encourage ease among negotiators, promote uriosity and lay the groundwork for achieving actionable agreements by delving into human nature and the spectrum of differentiated human emotion [source]


Priming uniquely human emotions and the in-group (but not the out-group) activates humanity concepts

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 2 2006
Jeroen Vaes
Documenting the behavioural consequences of infra-humanization, Vaes, Paladino, Castelli, Leyens, and Giovanazzi (2003) found that, in comparison to in-group members, out-group members are discriminated against when they express uniquely human emotions. It was assumed that expressing a uniquely human emotion makes an in-group member, at least tacitly, more human than an out-group member. Two studies tested this assumption and found, as predicted, that the human concept was more activated in an in-group compared to an out-group context when group members were associated with uniquely human emotions. The possible impact of valence was controlled for, showing that both positive and negative emotions endorsed the same effects (Study 1) and that the activation of the human concept was not a side effect of increased positivity (Study 2). The discussion focuses on the implications of the present studies and suggests new avenues of research. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


ENVY'S NARRATIVE SCRIPTS: CYPRIAN, BASIL, AND THE MONASTIC SAGES ON THE ANATOMY AND CURE OF THE INVIDIOUS EMOTIONS

MODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 1 2009
PAUL M. BLOWERS
Incorporating Martha Nussbaum's work on the "intelligence" of human emotions in Greco-Roman moral philosophy, Robert Kaster's analysis of the "narrative scripts" of rivalrous emotions in antiquity, and René Girard's insights into the role of "mimetic desire" in human envy, this article explores the strategies of two major early Christian bishops, Cyprian and Basil of Caesarea, to "read" and to cure the variant scripts of envy and related invidious passions in concrete ecclesial contexts. The article also examines certain monastic theologians in late antiquity who aspired to preempt invidious passions by encouraging salutary scripts of competition in virtue that realized equality of honor in their respective communities. [source]


What Are Emotions About?

PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH, Issue 2 2003
LILLI ALANEN
This paper discusses the interrelations between three aspects of human emotions: their intentionality, their expressivity and their moral significance. It distinguishes three kinds of philosophical views of emotions: the cognitivist (classically held by the Stoics), the emotivist which reduces emotions to non-intentional bodily sensations and physiological states, and the moral phenomenologist, the latter being held by Annette Baier, whose work is the focus of the discussion. Her view, which represents an original development of ideas found in Descartes and Hume, avoids the reductionism of congitivist and emotivist accounts. The paper gives special attention to her notion of ,deep'objects of emotions and to her account of the expressivity of emotions, arguing that while the first is problematic, the second is a significant contribution to our understanding of the role of emotions in our moral lives. [source]


Manifestation of depressive tendency in color perception and colors utilized in creating a self-portrait

COLOR RESEARCH & APPLICATION, Issue 1 2009
Fong-Gong Wu
Abstract There are a large number of studies on color and its influence upon human emotions, but there have been only a few studies on the correlation between color and depressive mental disorders. This study used color preference, association, and creation of self-portraits to explore the relationship between color and depressive tendency. In this study, 337 freshman design students participated in the experiment, and the center for epidemiologic studies-depression scale (CES-D) was used to determine the extent of depression in the subjects. After classifying the subject as "depressive tendency" and "no depressive tendency," the semantic differential scale and color association methods were used to explore the subjects' emotional, cognitive, and perceptive responses to Munsell 14 colors. In the final portion of the study, the 233 subjects created a colored self-portrait. The main conclusions found by this study are: (1) when color is used to determine whether subjects have depressive tendency, then the three colors of Yellowish Red, Purple, and Dark Gray are important discriminant variables. (2) those who have depressive tendency (DT) or do not have depressive tendency (NoDT) have similar results in color association, except when viewing dark Gray in association with abstract concepts, wherein DT subjects chose more negative emotional words such as "hopeless," "fear," and "depression"; (3) among the 233 self-portraits, the existence of depressive tendency correlated with the colors used on the face in the self-portrait. From the above conclusions, this study finds that there is much association between depressive tendency and color perception. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 34, 84,92, 2009. [source]