Archive for the 'Effects of Affect' Category
The Power of Verbalizing Emotions
Ever wonder why it makes you feel better to talk with friends, see a counselor, or write in your journal when you’re upset? Naming or labeling emotions reduces their intensity and helps make them easier to deal with… Read more
Expressing Love May Lower Your Cholesterol Levels
How can designing for emotion help improve medical care? An article on Medical News Today describes a study in Human Communication Research that suggests expressing love may help lower cholesterol… Read more
The Emotional Side of Security - Part 2
Wired News has an excerpt from Bruce Schneier’s essay on The Psychology of Security… Read more
Disappointment Beats Exceeding Expectations
Medical News Today has an article from the Journal of Consumer Research about how disappointment tends to have more impact on perceptions of a product or service than when our expectations have been exceeded… Read more
The Emotional Side of Security - Part 1
A recent article on Dark Reading explains how security experts are realizing that internet security is both “a reality and a feeling”… Read more
Seasonal Affective Disorder and Simplicity
In northern climates, some people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (or S.A.D.), a mood disorder that causes depressive symptoms… Read more
Video Games That Improve Emotional Health
Reuters has an article about how the success of games that help to improve the mental abilities of players is inspiring developers to create a new genre of video games…
Pain, Pleasure and Purchase Decisions
An article on ScienceBlog.com discusses how researchers have used a functional MRI to image the brains of shoppers while they make purchase decisions… Read more
