The sweet life: The effect of mindful chocolate consumption on mood
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DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.09.018
Abstract: Chocolate consumption is anecdotally associated with an increase in happiness, but little experimental work has examined this effect. We combined a food type manipulation (chocolate vs. crackers) with a mindfulness manipulation (mindful consumption vs. non-mindful… read more here.
Keywords: positive mood; chocolate; effect; consumption ... See more keywords
Parsing Heterogeneity in the Brain Connectivity of Depressed and Healthy Adults During Positive Mood
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.06.023
Abstract: BACKGROUND There is well-known heterogeneity in affective mechanisms in depression that may extend to positive affect. We used data-driven parsing of neural connectivity to reveal subgroups present across depressed and healthy individuals during positive processing,… read more here.
Keywords: positive mood; subgroup; depressed healthy; connectivity ... See more keywords
Team innovative capability: Does positive mood unlock the innovative potential of environmental cues?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.01.006
Abstract: Abstract Drawing on team innovation and mood-as-information theories, this paper develops a moderated mediation model to explain the effect of environmental dynamism on team innovative capability. We argue that this effect occurs through an increase… read more here.
Keywords: positive mood; innovative capability; team innovative; mood ... See more keywords
Happiness, cooperation and language
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.10.006
Abstract: According to existing research across several disciplines (management, psychology, economics and neuroscience), positive mood can have positive effects, engendering more altruistic, open and helpful behaviour, but can also work through a more negative channel by… read more here.
Keywords: positive mood; language; cooperation language; happiness cooperation ... See more keywords
Using Peer Communicated Norms About Safety to Reduce Injury-Risk Behaviors by Children
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DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsx050
Abstract: Objective This study examined whether exposure to a safety norm could counteract the increase in risk taking children show when in an elevated positive mood state. Methods Risk taking (intentions, behaviors) was measured in a… read more here.
Keywords: positive mood; risk; safety; injury risk ... See more keywords
132 Can exposure to framed messages about safety reduce risk behaviours by school-aged children?
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DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2020-savir.119
Abstract: Statement of Purpose The current study aimed to determine whether delivering framed safety messages (gain-framed, loss-framed, and no frame) in poster format reduced physical risk-taking behaviours when children were in a positive mood. Previous research… read more here.
Keywords: positive mood; risk; safety; risk taking ... See more keywords
Modulatory Effects of Positive Mood on Cognition: Lessons From Attention and Error Monitoring
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DOI: 10.1177/0963721417709551
Abstract: The importance of positive mood for health and well-being is a truism. However, we still lack clear understanding of the nature and range of modulatory effects created by positive mood on cognition in humans. Here,… read more here.
Keywords: positive mood; attention; mood; mood cognition ... See more keywords
Happy to help—if it’s not too sad: The effect of mood on helping identifiable and unidentifiable victims
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252278
Abstract: People’s preference to help single victims about whom they have some information is known as the identifiable victim effect. Previous research suggests that this effect stems from an intensive emotional reaction toward specific victims. The… read more here.
Keywords: positive mood; happy help; help sad; effect ... See more keywords
Potential Protein Target to Therapeutically Restore Positive Mood States in Depression
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DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0105-19.2019
Abstract: Highlighted Research Paper: Disorders of the Nervous System Highlighted Research Paper: p11 in Cholinergic Interneurons of the Nucleus Accumbens Is Essential for Dopamine Responses to Rewarding Stimuli, by Y. Hanada, Y. Kawahara, Y. N. Ohnishi,… read more here.
Keywords: potential protein; restore positive; positive mood; therapeutically restore ... See more keywords
The Impact of Positive Mood and Future Outlook on English as a Foreign Language Students’ Academic Self-Concept
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.846422
Abstract: Due to the fact that English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ academic self-concept is of high importance for their academic motivation, academic achievement, and L2 success, many investigations have been done to uncover the… read more here.
Keywords: students academic; academic self; positive mood; self concept ... See more keywords
The ABC Model of Happiness—Neurobiological Aspects of Motivation and Positive Mood, and Their Dynamic Changes through Practice, the Course of Life
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DOI: 10.3390/biology11060843
Abstract: Simple Summary This article proposes a new model for exploring happiness primarily from a neurobiological perspective. Such understanding includes the dynamics of positive mood states and how they change throughout life. Happiness is not a… read more here.
Keywords: practice; life; course; positive mood ... See more keywords