Archive for the 'Effects of Affect' Category
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
Video Games Provide More Than Just Fun
Reuters has an article that has also appeared on CBC News on how video games provide more than just fun, satisfying deeper psychological and emotional needs…
Emotions and the Immune System
Science News has an article about how positive emotions reduce the emergence of cold symptoms… Read more
Road Rage on the Information Highway
EE Times has an article about how people exposed to poorly designed and hosted websites exhibit symptoms similar to those experienced during road rage… Read more
Positive Emotions Foster Creativity
A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that positive moods foster creative thought…
Unconscious, Emotional Decisions?
New Scientist has an article about how making complex decisions by relying on the unconscious mind results in more satisfaction… Read more
Signs, Signals, Emotion and Attention
Spiegel Online has a fascinating article about how some European cities are experimenting with reducing or eliminating traffic signals and signs, and in some places, even removing the distinction between sidewalks and roads. So at this point, you may be thinking, “how does this relate to emotion?”…
Games that respond to our emotions? (Part 1)
Emotiv.com has developed a headset that can trackshifts in emotions during gameplay. I assume that when they say “emotions” they are referring specifically to… Read more
How the colour of jail cells affects inmates’ emotions
CourtTV has an article about how painting jails pink can calm aggravated inmates… Read more
