Summary: In a sample of 115 adults, five hypotheses about the structure of emotions and about the relations between emotions and personality traits were investigated. The extensive battery of tests included: 3 inventories for the measurement of the Big ...
Hope - Basic Characteristics and Foundations of a Neglected ConceptSummary: A critical overview is given about current theoretical concepts of hope and the pros and cons are considered. An appraisal model of hope is proposed interpreting hope as an ...
The Relevance of Subjective Emotional Components of Intelligence for Complex Problem SolvingAbstract: Traditional components of intelligence (e.g., processing capacity) predict behavior in conventional problem-solving tasks, whereas subjective, emotional ...
Summary: The influence of positive mood on psychic functions has not been examined yet for people with age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) and in those with only subjective memory complaints (SMC). Likewise it has not been shown if these groups differ ...
Emotion and Hemispheric DominanceEmpirical studies on the hemispheric dominance for the processing of emotions are reviewed and discussed with respect to three hypotheses postulating, first, an overall dominance of the right hemisphere for emotional ...
Summary: The traditional intelligence component “processing capacity” predicts complex problem-solving. We investigate whether a component of perceived emotional intelligence, namely, repair of negative emotions, can increase prediction. N = 92 students (...
Abstract. Emotion-related impulsivity, defined as the tendency to say or do things that one later regret during periods of heightened emotion, has been tied to a broad range of psychopathologies. Previous work has suggested that emotion-related ...
Adolescence Alcohol Use Behaviours During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of MindfulnessAbstract.Objective: Cognitive and psychosocial factors contribute to individual differences in alcohol (mis)use and ...
Abstract: Many TBI patients suffer from cognitive impairments, affecting their abilities to function on a previous level. However, some patients exhibit personality changes, manifesting themselves in inadequate or inappropriate social behavior, which are ...
Emotion and Memory in Alzheimer's Disease: A ReviewAbstract: Aim of this review is to examine the interactions between emotion and memory in Alzheimer's disease and to discuss resources of these patients. On the basis of neuropathological findings in ...
Interoceptive sensitivity, feelings and behavorial controlThe processing of afferent bodily signals is not only of great importance for the control of homeostatic and adaptive processes within the body but, in combination with the perceptibility of ...
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on (a) neuropsychological test performance and (b) self-reported emotional complaints within individuals suffering from postconcussional disorder (PCD) after a mild ...
Negative affect caused by depression is known to produce cognitive failures during everyday activities. However, traditional neurobehavioral laboratory paradigms that assess affect-memory interactions are critical with respect to their ecological ...
The occurrence and timing of emotion-antecedent appraisal checks are difficult to assess. We report an attempt to estimate the time window of the intrinsic pleasantness check using a dual-task probe paradigm. In three experiments, participants viewed ...
Previous research suggests that avoiding the expression of emotion may be associated with impaired mental health, although empirical evidence is inconsistent. In this investigation, ambivalence over the expression of emotion is understood as an approach-...
The present study examines the unconscious influence of emotional information on decision making in a simulated hiring situation. We used a subliminal masked priming paradigm with varying faces as primes, which were presented for a duration of 50 ms and ...
Abstract. Most research on the ability to interpret expressions from the eyes has utilized static information. This research investigates whether the dynamic sequence of facial actions in the eye region influences the judgments of perceivers. Dynamic fear ...