This chapter examines the role of moods in selective memory. Reviewed are repression, mood selectivity, mood state dependent retrieval, and reduced capacity due to depression. Briefly discussed are demand characteristics, interpretation of and inconsistencies in experimental findings and asymmetrical effects of moods on memory.

By tracking consumers’ browsing and purchase history, web personalization generates taste-matched recommendations for each consumer to stimulate purchases. In addition to taste-matching, mobile personalization matches recommendations to a consumer’s physiological need and current location. These two additional features, referred to as needmatching and location-matching, are believed to be enabl...

Abstract This article considers the simultaneously passive and active character of moods ( Stimmungen ) in Heidegger, focussing on two different periods his thought: end 1920s middle 1930s. Through study language used by I show that ideas passivity activity are expressed three levels description moods: more concrete level one’s experience a mood, philosophical analysis insofar as it is based de...

We demonstrate a system for tracking and analyzing moods of bloggers worldwide, as reflected in the largest blogging community, LiveJournal. Our system collects thousands of blog posts every hour, performs various analyses on the posts and presents the results graphically. Exploring the Blogspace From the point of view of information access, the blogspace offers many natural opportunities beyon...

The present study investigated Mood Dependent Memory for selfgenerated words using a Musical mood induction procedure. 75 participants (25 males, 50 females) took part in this study. Testing took place over two sessions, two days apart. During the first session participants were induced into a positive or negative mood before generating a list of 16 words in a word-association task. Two days la...

This study critically evaluated the Emotional Intelligence (EI) construct (the ability to perceive, understand, and manage emotions), as measured by the Multi-factor Emotional Intelligence Scale (MEIS in press). We administered the MEIS to Australian undergraduates along with a battery of IQ, personality, and other theoretically relevant criterion measures, including life satisfaction and relat...