This article presents and discusses some theoretical starting points and design considerations for addressing emotional and aesthetic aspects of virtual reality (VR) and simulation based teaching, studying and learning environments. In this article, we note that VR should be viewed upon as an interactive and sensations arousing instrument, a tool or mediator for communication and regulation of ...

Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive and behavioral component. Emotional intelligence (EI) which defines as the ability to perceive, monitor, employ and manage emotions within one’s and others, is strongly related to healthy psychological functioning. Various studies have been conducted in this field that reveal the role and importanc...

This article reviews the modern literature on two key aspects of the central circuitry of emotion: the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and the amygdala. There are several different functional divisions of the PFC, including the dorsolateral, ventromedial, and orbital sectors. Each of these regions plays some role in affective processing that shares the feature of representing affect in the absence of i...

The surfaces of products are one of the most directly accessed parts of a product by users when they use it. Interactive products involve more complexity in conceptualizing the characteristics of their surfaces comparing to static visual artifacts. In this research, we explore whether the different aspects of dynamic surfaces of interactive products affect people's emotional experiences in diff...

Mobile devices may act as support tools to achieve a balance between the technologic world and a physically active life, through the use of Mobile Fitness Applications (MFA), for example. However, keeping a long-term routine of exercising, even with the support of MFAs, demands high levels of motivation. In this paper we present an analysis of how MFAs with support for jogging and running have ...

objective: the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group triple-p on the relationships of mother-child with id (intellectual disability).  methods: in this semi-experimental study with pretest and posttest design by control group, parent-child relationship scale (pcrs) was determined in 40 random clustering selected mothers of children with id before and after the intervention...

Empathy is a basic socio-emotional process of human development that involves the ability to perceive, share, and understand the emotional states of others. This process is essential to successful social functioning. However, despite its significance, empathy has been difficult to define and measure, particularly when incorporating both its emotional and cognitive aspects. The purpose of this s...

In two experiments it was investigated which aspects of memory are influenced by emotion. Using a framework proposed by Roediger (American Psychologist 45 (1990) 1043-1056), two dimensions relevant for memory were distinguished the implicit-explicit distinction, and the perceptual versus conceptual distinction. In week 1, subjects viewed a series of slides accompanied with a spoken story in eit...