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 ...
Abstract. Emotion perception studies typically explore how judgments of facial expressions are influenced by invariant characteristics such as sex or by variant characteristics such as gaze. However, few studies have considered the importance of factors ...
Abstract. The two hemispheres of the human brain are asymmetrically involved in representing a person’s motivational orientation: Approach motivation is reflected in greater activation of the left hemisphere, whereas avoidance motivation more strongly ...
Rating and Standardisation of Pictures from the International Affective Picture System Appropriated for children. Examination of children in a field sample aged six to twelve years.Summary:Objective: The aim of this study was to validate and standardise ...
Anger regulation in boys with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)Summary:Objectives: We explored the reaction of boys with ADHD when they are angry at a friend. Due to their impulsivity and difficulty in focussing their attention, it may be ...
Emotional correlates of consent capacity: an exploratory studyThe present exploratory study follows the extensive critique of the cognitive focus of capacity research and examines possible emotional correlates of the capacity to consent to research ...
The role of emotion in psychosocial therapies for Alzheimer's diseaseWe provide an overview of studies on emotion processing capacities in Alzheimer's disease patients and discuss possibilities to use these resources for therapeutic intervention. On the ...
Clinical research on psychotherapeutic and psychosomatic careThis article provides the current state of knowledge of clinical research in psychotherapy and psychosomatic care. A standardized evidence-based approach in clinical practice seems to be ...
Die Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung (BPS) ist durch gestörte Affektregulation, veränderte Schmerzverarbeitung, Dissoziation, Impulsivität und interpersonelle Probleme gekennzeichnet. Diese psychopathologische Kernbereiche konnten mit Veränderungen auf ...
Does burnout evoke more anger than depression? Differences in emotional reactions to mental health problems in the General PopulationAbstract. Our aim is to determine whether emotional reactions to a case vignette depicting a person with depression ...
The investigation of emotional processes has been neglected for a long time. But with the appearance of new imaging methods, a growing interest in the neural representation of emotional processes emerged. According to recent findings, emotional ...
The present study investigates whether dementia patients can make accurate social and affective judgments of face stimuli. We used verbal material as a control condition to see whether dementia patients are capable of using the rating scales the same way ...
Many studies have documented that we remember less negative information as we grow older. The present study examined the effects of view of life and selection bias on this positivity effect using an emotional picture memory task. Young adults were tested ...
Regret and regret regulation were studied using a weeklong web-based diary method. 108 participants aged 19 to 89 years reported regret for a decision made and a decision to be made. They also reported the extent to which they used strategies to prevent ...
Abstract. Little is known about how people perceive the affective well-being of older and younger adults. In four studies, we compare other- and self-reported trait affect from participants who varied in adult age and familiarity. Our prediction that ...
Development of a questionnaire for measuring perceived emotional intelligence: attention to, clarity, and repair of emotionsAbstract. Based on the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey & Palfai, 1995) a German questionnaire was ...
Outlines of interdisciplinary research of memoryAbstract. Self-awareness and identity are important cornerstones of thinking in social psychology. On the basis of current knowledge and insights from the social, cultural, and biological sciences, it is ...
Evaluation and behavior: The role of motor activity in attitudes and emotionsAbstract. Behavioral approach and avoidance orientations play a central role in an environment that provides us with both the possibility to fulfill our needs and risks. In ...
Zusammenfassung. Um der Frage nach der Wirkung emotionaler Valenz auf die Wortverarbeitung nachzugehen wurde ein Instrument konstruiert, in dem auf positiv und negativ valente Wörter sowie auf neutrale Kontrollwörter reagiert werden muss. Die Konstruktion ...
A process study of self-regulated learning behavior in the context of motivational and emotional statesAbstract. In a fourteen-day process study on the learning behavior of 33 nursing students preparing for an exam, the use of learning strategies as well ...