Questions tagged [mood]
For questions regarding diffuse feeling states that are not directed at a specific object, person, or situation. Mood is sometimes used to describe relatively long-lasting emotions.
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Schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder, how to make the right diagnosis?
How not to confuse a schizoaffective disorder and a bipolar disorder in the manic phase where the person experiences pseudo-hallucinations? In both cases, there are mood symptoms and schizophrenia. ...
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What is the difference between reminiscence and nostalgia?
Both reminiscence and nostalgia refer to thinking about the past, but where is the line between them?
I am looking into how reminiscence affects meaning in life and have found that most research ...
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Psychological analysis of diary data [closed]
I am using the app Daylio and I have already get 160 days and over 300 records.
App itself has the ability to analyze data, very simple and weak. E.g, what activities take place together; how the mood ...
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Nomenclature for mood, feelings and emotion in experimental-psychology
I'm studying music therapy and music-based interventions relating to Substance Use Disorder.
Music therapy and music-based interventions are increasingly used for the treatment of substance use ...
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relationship between mood and working memory
What is the relationship between working memory and positive or negative mood as higher order affective states which can change vary slowly compared to moment-to-moment affective responses (both ...
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Is a New Software Library to Simulate Natural Processes like Hunger Needed?
This sort of dovetails off a question I asked on the AI Exchange: Is There A Need For Stochastic Inputs To Mimic Real-World Biology And Environment?
I figured this site would give more insight on ...
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Correlations between symbol color, viewer response and viewer mood
Consider the image shown below
Are there any studies that look at how the viewer's response to such images - simple monocolor outline symbols - varies depending on their mood. For instance
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Does childhood familiarity with weather patterns predict the influence of those patterns on mood?
Though similar to this question, in my opinion the difference is large enough for my question to stand alone:
I observed that specific weather conditions affect my mood. That's rater trivial, sure.
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Euphoria from oxygen deprivation
Plane & Pilot have an article saying:
Altitude-chamber tests have shown that as oxygen deprivation increases, some victims experience a sense of increasing well-being, even euphoria, while they’...
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Lowering people's serotonin levels does not change their mood?
I'm starting to pick off sub-topics from this omnibus question, which I think it's too broad to answer properly/directly in the SE format.
So, let's start with one of the claims there:
Lowering ...
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What factors are used in studies quantifying and studying mood?
I'm a data scientist by trade, and am gearing up to study the impacts of behaviors on mood. It's a domain specific study. I'm well versed in the statistics, but I need to record data that can be ...
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Anger and problem solving
Is there any evidence that a little bit of inner anger is healthy when engaging in problem solving? I personally feel this way, but feel that people around me misinterpret my anger as being directed ...
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What psychological disorders have frequent and rapid anger outbursts? [closed]
I'm interested in the mechanism behind a personality that can outburst anger rapidly and consistently for a long period. I've done some research and stumbled upon this issue described by multiple ...
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Behavioral and mood differences between D1 and D2 dophamine receptors action in context of monogamy and out of it
Claim: I initially thought of posting this to Biology SE, but the fact that the question finds its resting formation in the area of cognition/mood/personality, I decided to post it here.
It is stated ...
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How do we know bipolar is one illness rather than two comorbid illnesses?
Based on my previous question about ADHD and OCD.
Essentially, ADHD and OCD are kind of opposites in the sense that ADHD people (always? sometimes?) have dopamine deficiency and OCD people (always? ...
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Are ADHD and OCD under some type of mental illness?
Related to question.
Mania, hypomania, depression and bipolar are mood disorders, from what I understand.
Are ADHD and OCD under some category as well? From what I understand, the are opposite ends ...
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Can adhd and ocd coexist? Is it in the same way mania and depression can coexist (in bipolar disorder)?
Is it really possible for someone to have both ADHD and OCD?
I was thinking that ADHD is the opposite of OCD: 1 2
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alexThePotato:
With ADHD you may be forgetful, distracted, make careless ...
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Is movement/activity level related to serotonin availability or reuptake rates in the brain?
I'm aware of this research article that explores the relationship between motion and serotonin systems: 5-HT and motor control: a hypothesis.
Based on the article above, it seems to me that a "very ...
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Why does weather often affect mood?
There are plenty of people who feel sad, sometimes even depressed when it rains or storms. This effect is often featured in writing and song, where the weather is often a sign of something sinister ("...
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Sleep deprivation and task performance
Case: In case of an adult, the average adult sleep time required is 7.5 to 8 hours. Suppose the person (aged between 23-29) has slept only 6 hours, or less than the average time (7.5 to 8 hours).
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Can positive self-affirmation improve mood?
Most people get "depressed" every now and then - nothing serious, but people sometimes feel down. I am wondering if positive self-affirmation can make you happier by physically increasing the ...
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How can I understand the phenomenon of mood better?
I have been trying to understand the psychology of liking, for example a particular object(human or non-human). But I am unable to proceed with my experiments(I am just an amateur) because I myself ...
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Why is sunrise therapeutic? [closed]
Despite being a night owl, I find when I'm up and about at sunrise1 I feel mentally much better than any other time of day - regardless of how much sleep I've had or whether I've been awake for many ...
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Is memory biased towards positive or negative memories?
I am trying to understand the relationship between positive/negative memories and the congruence of memory to existing beliefs. These quotes are from Wikipedia, presented in alphabetical order:
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What to call theory where next activity following a fun activity is also perceived as fun?
What is the name of the theory that states:
"if someone is having fun beforehand, the next activity they do will also seem fun regardless of what the activity is."
so like continuing fun... Any ...
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Does not seeing sunlight for several days impair moral judgment and lower mood?
Background: In winter, daytime is very short where I live. A few months ago, due to a bad sleeping habit, I had not seen sunlight for almost a month. Then I noticed some strange things had been ...
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Does taking a deep breath reduce the experience of stress and negative emotions?
Sometimes when I have negative feelings, it seems that a deep breath resets these feelings. Does that really happen? Is there any research on the effect of taking a deep breath on reducing the ...
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Why do some days feel fast and others feel slow?
As per the title, why is it some days it just feels like a day can go so fast, yet other days can feel slow? Every day has the same amount of hours, minutes and seconds after all. What is the actual ...
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Why does one's mind swing between different moods based on external circumstances?
This is an objective question even though the example I have mentioned below is subjective. Is this a universal phenomenon, or is it only something that I have perceived?
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Does straightening your back increase confidence?
Background: I have always felt moderately socially insecure. Today I noticed that when I straighten my back from its normal crestfallen position, I feel a little more confident, and as if I were in ...
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How can I test whether Dorsal Raphe Nucleus (DRN) activity at night is related to variations in mood?
I'm reading this paper, which discusses Serotonin activity in the Dorsal Ralphe Nucleus(DRN), and even includes some mathematical models of how serotonin is released and reabsorbed. The paper states ...
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Is there a circadian component to mood variations in humans?
I'm looking at this question about an Experience Sampling Method (ESM) app:
Longitudinal mobile mood tracking app with random reminders
The studies linked in the question deal with sampling of user ...
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