Search results for "emotions"

Love and Admiration (Wonder) : Fundaments of the self-other relations

2017

Introduction

2013

This introduction suggests regarding ‘religion’ as a cultural product. The relationship between religion and memory can be investigated through the practice of oath-taking, a particularly sophisticated social tool in ancient Greece. It concerns, in fact, both the status of social trust and problematic intercourses between gods and human beings, who fi nd in oath a regulated and effective space of interrelation.

Between looking back and moving ahead : an exploration of the role of the body and its movement in a music therapy case study

2017

We exist in this world through our bodies. Every single experience is stored in it, it helps us to communicate with others, relate and build meaningful relationships. However, when the connection to our experiences or the control over our body is disrupted by a traumatic experience or disease, we become disconnected from our genuine self and the world around us. Music therapy provides us with a space for integration – of painful or joyful memories, emotions, and our bodies. Especially in Western cultures this physical relationship to music is often neglected, even though music and dance probably developed simultaneously and are still very much the same in some African cultures. When we are …

Resposta autònoma als estímuls musicals i emocions bàsiques: una revisió bibliogràfica

2018

La música ha estat utilitzada des de temps immemorial per influir en els estats emocionals de les persones en tot tipus d’àmbits i situacions i amb objectius molt diversos. Recentment, però, ha començat a despertar l’interés de la ciència. En aquesta revisió bibliogràfica, s’ha realitzat una recerca de les investigacions que en els últims temps han estudiat la relació entre les característiques estructurals dels estímuls musicals ‒tempo, mode, ritme, consonància, intensitat, etc.‒ i el seu efecte sobre l’organisme enj l’àmbit psicofisiològic ‒freqüència cardíaca, freqüència respiratòria, activitat electrodèrmica, piloerecció, arousal i valència subjectiva‒, amb l’objectiu de reflexionar env…

Parlare alla pancia. Sulla falsa dicotomia tra emozioni e ragioni

2020

Nell’attuale dibattito sul tema della post-verità le emozioni sono generalmente pensate in contrapposizione o ai ‘fatti’ o alle ‘ragioni’. Tale contrapposizione sottintende una forte svalutazione della sfera emotiva, percepita come sostanzialmente ‘irrazionale’ e pertanto pericolosa. L'articolo intende mostrare l’inadeguatezza di questa idea facendo ricorso all' apparato concettuale della Retorica di Aristotele. Il limite principale della dicotomia emozioni/ragioni consiste nel non tenere nel debito conto il fatto che l’azione umana (cui il discorso persuasivo in ultima istanza mira) non può mai prescindere dalla componente del desiderio, che è invece centrale nella prospettiva aristotelica…

Trait Hedonism and the Distribution of Savoring and Positive Emotion States in Everyday Life.

2022

International audience; The present study aimed at (1) identifying the emotion regulation processes that can explain the trait hedonism positive emotions relationship, and (2) determining whether this relationship varies according to which part of the distribution of positive emotions is considered. To this end, the intensity of the positive emotions felt by 84 adult participants, and the intensity of their engagement in savoring, were assessed twice a day over a month period, using an Experience Sampling Method. Participants’ distributions of these variables were then related to their level of trait hedonism, assessed with a common questionnaire. Results suggested that, as expected, the tr…

L2 or L3? Foreign Language Enjoyment and Proficiency

2017

Enjoyment is among the achievement emotions encountered in school and university settings. While often identified with a sense of belonging not necessarily connected with learning (Lumby, 2011), foreign language enjoyment (FLE) in SLA has been found to correlate with teachers’ professional and affective skills, and the existence of a supportive peer group. The risk involved with meeting the challenges of the SLA process induces both private and social feelings of FLE (Dewaele & MacIntyre, 2016). This study hypothesizes that a good command of language may be a source of elevated levels of enjoyment, because greater language proficiency is connected with greater control perception, especially…

Emotional Self-Regulation in Sport and Performance

2018

Emotions are multifaceted subjective feelings that reflect expected, current, or past interactions with the environment. They involve sets of interrelated psychological processes, encompassing affective, cognitive, motivational, physiological, and expressive or behavioral components. Emotions play a fundamental role in human adaptation and performance by improving sensory intake, detection of relevant stimuli, readiness for behavioral responses, decision-making, memory, and interpersonal interactions. These beneficial effects enhance human health and performance in any endeavor, including sport, work, and the arts. However, emotions can also be maladaptive. Their beneficial or maladaptive e…

Motions with Emotions? : A Phenomenological Approach to Understanding the Simulated Aliveness of a Robot Body

2019

This article examines how the interactive capabilities of companion robots, particularly their materiality and animate movements, appeal to human users and generate an image of aliveness. Building on Husserl’s phenomenological notion of a ‘double body’ and theories of emotions as affective responses, we develop a new understanding of the robots’ simulated aliveness. Analyzing empirical findings of a field study on the use of the robot Zora in care homes for older people, we suggest that the aliveness of companion robots is the result of a combination of four aspects: 1) material ingredients, 2) morphology, 3) animate movements guided by software programs and human operators as in Wizard of …

The role of adolescents' temperament in their positive and negative emotions as well as in psychophysiological reactions during achievement situations

2019

Abstract This study examined the role of adolescents' (n = 190) temperament in their emotional reactions in achievement situations. Adolescents rated their temperament (i.e., surgency/extraversion, negative affectivity, effortful control) and completed achievement tasks in Grade 6. They also reported their emotions before and during challenging and non-challenging tasks. In addition, adolescents' autonomic nervous system reactions (i.e., skin conductance levels) were recorded. The results showed that high effortful control was related to higher levels of positive emotions independent of the degree of task difficulty. Low negative affectivity and high effortful control were related to lower …