From a cognitive standpoint, the analysis of music in audiovisual contexts presents a helpful field in which to explore the links between musical structure and emotional response. This work emerges from an empirical study that shows strong evidence in support of the effect of tonal dissonance level on interpretations regarding the emotional content of visual information. From this starting poin...

Parents and caregivers faced with the challenges of transferring children with disability are at risk of musculoskeletal injuries and/or emotional stress. The Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale for Transfers (CSEST) is a 14-item questionnaire that measures self-efficacy for transferring under common conditions. The CSEST yields reliable data and valid inferences; however, its rating scale structure ...

In this paper, with a new look at emotional controller and modifying its structure; a novel approach to hierarchical control of large-scale systems is introduced. Design of controller is founded on emotional learning and the control system consists of neuro-fuzzy controller, whose weights are updated according to emotional signals. This signal is produced in a block called critic, whose job is ...

Different models have been proposed to support emotion in artificial agents. However, a general framework to support the implementation of emotional agents of different kinds and levels of complexity is still not well defined. In this paper we present a model that is independent of specific physiological or psychological details, despite being inspired by biological processes, defining an emoti...

The stereotype content model (SCM) posits that social structure predicts specific cultural stereotypes and associated emotional prejudices. No prior evidence at a societal level has manipulated both structural predictors and measured both stereotypes and prejudices. In the present study, participants (n = 120) responded to an immigration scenario depicting a high- or low-status group, competiti...

Research on emotional experiences across cultures is reviewed from a cultural psychological perspective. Psychometric approaches to evaluating the structure of emotions has consistently replicated two broad dimensions (positive and negative affect) in several countries. Nevertheless, there are cultural differences in other aspects of emotional experience such as the relation between positive an...

background and purpose: managers’ competencies leave a decisive effect on the mental health of staff. the present research intends to investigate the influence of emotional-social competencies on the mental health of the staff. method: the current research is practical in its purpose and correlative regarding data gathering. the statistical community included all the staff of pegah company in d...

The aim of the article was empirical research dominant psycho-emotional states university lecturers during progression COVID-19 pandemic. is devoted to an study factor structure and prevailing correlations between respondents. Valid methods with standardized questionnaires were used: coping strategy method, test differentiation emotional states, anxiety method. study’s picture constructed. Psyc...

Objective: To compare the emotional structure and coping strategies in patients with psychogenic non epileptic seizures, epilepsy and control group. Methods: Among patients with complaining of epilepsy attacks that referred to clinic of Imam Reza (Peace be upon him) in Shiraz, 30 patients with psychogenic non epileptic seizures and 30 patients with epilepsy were selected .A total of 30 patients...