Intelligent monitoring systems and affective computing applications have emerged in recent years to enhance healthcare. Examples of these include assessment states such as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). MDD describes the constant expression certain emotions: negative emotions (low Valence) lack interest Arousal). High-performing intelligent would diagnosis its early stages. In this paper, we ...

family plays an important role in physical activity behaviors in children andadolescents although the procedure of this effect is not clear. this study wasdesigned to explore the family role in forming female adolescents’ physical activitybehavior. this study used a qualitative procedure and content analysis method. tocollect data, semi–structured interviews were conducted with 25 participants ...

the aim of this research was to investigate the ability of arousal control in male and female athletes using mental imagery and biofeedback methods. participants were 30 male and female athlete students of tehran university (mean aged 23) who were assigned into two homogeneous groups based on vividness of movement imagery questionnaire 2. participants were given acoustic biofeedback during thre...

background : during the past two decades, a great deal of research has been conducted on developing affective norms for words in various languages, showing that there is an urgent need to create such norms in persian language, too. the present study intended to develop a set of 362 persian words rated according to their emotional valence, arousal, imageability, and familiarity so as to prepare ...

skillful performance in soccer requires not only sound techniques but also quickand accurate decision making. these decisions are usually made in variousintensities of practice and performance. the main aim of this study was toinvestigate the effect of different levels of arousal and training intensity on decisionmaking (speed and accuracy) of expert female soccer players. for this purpose, 16e...

In the framework of models on the lateralized involvement of the cortical hemispheres in affect and psychopathology, the authors examined whether cognitive processes associated with the left and the right prefrontal cortex varied as a function of valence, motivational direction, or intensity of induced mood. Affective states (cheerfulness, anxiety, sadness, anger, and neutral mood) were experim...

Purpose of Review This review summarizes the recent literature and empirical studies on psychopharmacological approaches to treating female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD). Recent Findings Several new drugs for FSIAD that are intended to increase sexual responsiveness by influencing central excitatory and inhibitory neuromodulatory processes are under development. Studies on flibanse...

Isen (1984) and Berkowitz (1987) noted the strong link between positive moods and positive thinking. Isen proposed that the well-established relation between positive moods and increased helping or compliance is attributable to the mediating effects of positive thinking. In the current study, the effect of interest—^a type of positive thinking—on compliance was examined. Because ofthe strong li...