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Emotions constitute a fundamental aspect of human experience, encompassing a wide array including love, joy, fear, anger, sadness, and others. Philosophically, Baruch Spinoza characterized them as ideas of body state, promoting understanding over repression. Psychological models like Circumplex Model use valence-arousal dimensions, while Paul Ekman and colleagues identified many as universal. Neurologically, recent research erodes reasoning-emotion separation, emphasizing amygdala and arousal, with psilocybin altering them up to a month and hormones like oestrogen regulating them in teens. Evolutionarily, inferring others' emotions is a universal adaptation, and Damasio (2010), LeDoux and Brown (2017) link them to consciousness evolution, echoed in Mark Solms' 2021 theory of consciousness regulating emotions. They provide motivation's affective component, are processed in REM sleep, expressed via poetry and tone, but absent in AI like Gemini lacking empathy. Sleep regulates them, deprivation heightens reactivity.
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Emotions constitute a fundamental aspect of human experience, encompassing a wide array including love, joy, fear, anger, sadness, and others. Philosophically, Baruch Spinoza characterized them as ideas of body state, promoting understanding over repression. Psychological models like Circumplex Model use valence-arousal dimensions, while Paul Ekman and colleagues identified many as universal. Neurologically, recent research erodes reasoning-emotion separation, emphasizing amygdala and arousal, with psilocybin altering them up to a month and hormones like oestrogen regulating them in teens. Evolutionarily, inferring others' emotions is a universal adaptation, and Damasio (2010), LeDoux and Brown (2017) link them to consciousness evolution, echoed in Mark Solms' 2021 theory of consciousness regulating emotions. They provide motivation's affective component, are processed in REM sleep, expressed via poetry and tone, but absent in AI like Gemini lacking empathy. Sleep regulates them, deprivation heightens reactivity.
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The facts portray emotions primarily as influential forces in financial and consumer decision-making, often driving irrational behaviors that deviate from rational goals. Emotions explain asset bubbles and lead to impulsive choices via fear, greed, and overconfidence, as noted by Robinson Arran (2023). Fear and greed cause impulsive finances. Awareness of one's emotions enhances financial management and bias control, per a 2007 Academy of Management Journal study. Emotions are neither good nor bad, but understanding their origins promotes realistic decisions. 95% of buying decisions subconscious emotional, according to Martin Lindstrom (2010). In marketing, advertisements leverage happiness, nostalgia, fear for action, while neuromarketing explores emotions in brand loyalty (Awasthi et al., 2024) and as core of consumer experiences (Bastiaansen et al., 2019). Emotions mediate S-O-R framework impulsive buying and fade quickly post-stimulus, per Fletcher (2001). Emotions key to money management. Overall, facts emphasize managing emotions for better outcomes in finance, advertising, and consumption.
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Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 5 facts
claimPotential psychological mechanisms studied in evolutionary psychology include the abilities to infer others' emotions, discern kin from non-kin, identify and prefer healthier mates, cooperate with others, and follow leaders.
claimMotivations direct and energize behavior, while emotions provide the affective component to motivation.
claimEvolutionary psychologists consider behaviors or traits that occur universally in all cultures as strong candidates for evolutionary adaptations, such as the abilities to infer others' emotions, discern kin from non-kin, identify and prefer healthier mates, and cooperate with others.
referenceOmar Tonsi Eldakar, David Sloan Wilson, and Rick O'Gorman published 'Emotions and Actions Associated with Altruistic Helping and Punishment' in the journal Evolutionary Psychology on January 1, 2006.
claimPaul Ekman and colleagues began research in the early 1970s suggesting that many emotions are universal.
Understanding Behavioral Aspects of Financial Planning and Investing financialplanningassociation.org Mar 1, 2015 4 facts
claimEmotions can help explain the occurrence of asset pricing bubbles and related market behavior.
referenceTaffler and Tuckett (2010) discuss how emotions affect financial decisions.
quoteFisher (2014) stated: “One of the greatest services a financial adviser can provide to clients is helping to ensure that in times of market turbulence, reason, discipline, and objectivity triumph over emotions such as fear, greed, and regret.”
quoteBen Graham, known as the father of value investing, stated: “Individuals who cannot master their emotions are ill-suited to profit from the investment process.”
Psychology Of Financial Decision-Making - Meegle meegle.com 4 facts
claimTraditional finance assumes rational behavior, whereas the psychology of financial decision-making acknowledges the influence of emotions, biases, and social factors on financial choices.
claimIneffective financial decision-making involves the following 'Don'ts': make impulsive financial decisions, ignore the impact of emotions on decisions, rely solely on gut feelings, procrastinate on important financial tasks, and overlook the role of biases in behavior.
claimFinancial decisions, such as budgeting, retirement planning, and investing, are frequently influenced by cognitive biases, emotions, and social pressures rather than being purely rational.
claimThe belief that financial decisions are purely logical is a myth, as emotions and biases play a significant role in the decision-making process.
What Is True About Emotions and Financial Decisions? cnb.com 4 facts
quoteEmotions are neither good nor bad. The goal isn't to be emotionless, but to understand the emotions that are driving your decisions. Be clear about where your feelings are coming from, so you can look at things as realistically as possible.
referenceA 2007 Academy of Management Journal study showed that people who could identify the emotions they were feeling were able to make better decisions, in part due to a greater ability to control any biases caused by those feelings.
claimEmotions can lead to irrational financial behavior by causing individuals to hold onto 'residual self-images,' which are outdated perceptions of oneself that drive faulty financial decisions.
claimFinancial decisions can have permanent or difficult-to-change impacts, whereas emotions are temporary.
Neuro-insights: a systematic review of neuromarketing perspectives ... frontiersin.org 3 facts
referenceM. Bastiaansen, X. D. Lub, O. Mitas, T. H. Jung, M. P. Ascenção, and D. I. Han (2019) identified emotions as the core building blocks of consumer experiences.
referenceD. Baldo, V. S. Viswanathan, R. J. Timpone, and V. Venkatraman (2022) argued that neurophysiological measures play complementary roles in tracking emotions, memory, and advertising effectiveness.
claimNeuroscience offers tools for studying attention, attitudes, emotions, and memory-based decision-making that can be leveraged in neuromarketing.
(PDF) Language and Consciousness; How Language Implies Self ... academia.edu 3 facts
perspectiveEmotions and consciousness are cognitive tools shaped pragmatically to serve adaptive purposes, rather than being intrinsic parts of human identity.
claimThe provisions of the general theory of linguistic consciousness aim to determine how internal conditions (such as emotions and values) and external conditions (such as age and profession) influence changes in word meanings and their interconnections.
claimLanguage creates an illusion of shared reality and inflates the ego by compressing the complexity of individual emotions and experiences into simplified symbols.
The 5 Fundamental Rules of Personal Finance beyondyourhammock.com Oct 11, 2024 3 facts
claimImplementing a rules-based system for personal finance helps individuals check their emotions and focus on objective facts, reducing the likelihood of thinking errors.
claimNegative emotions like stress, overwhelm, and uncertainty, as well as positive emotions like overconfidence or excessive excitement, can lead to errors and bad financial choices.
claimPersonal finance is inherently emotional, and these emotions can cloud judgment and decision-making processes, leading to financial mismanagement.
The Power of Behavioural Economics in Advertising - A Marketers ... linkedin.com Oct 27, 2024 3 facts
claimAdvertising audiences are not purely rational decision-makers but are instead shaped by habits, cognitive biases, emotions, and social cues.
claimAdvertisements that utilize emotions such as happiness, nostalgia, or fear can drive consumer action by creating specific emotional states.
claimAdvertisements that utilize emotions such as happiness, nostalgia, or fear can drive consumer action by creating specific emotional states in the viewer.
What Role Does Language Play in Self-Identity? → Question lifestyle.sustainability-directory.com Mar 24, 2025 3 facts
claimTone of voice is defined as the manner in which someone speaks, which can convey emotions.
claimLanguage is a system of communication and a shared code that allows individuals to exchange thoughts, ideas, and emotions.
claimPoetry allows for the expression of subtle and complex emotions in a manner that straightforward language often struggles to convey.
Why Is Sleep Important for Our Mental and Physical Health? insightspsychology.org Oct 29, 2024 2 facts
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
referenceRichard Rorty (1979) introduced the concept of 'Antipodians' who communicate their feelings by referring to their 'c-fibres firing' when they experience emotions like fear.
claimThe modern concept of consciousness was created by lumping together emotions, sensations, and thoughts, a concept that is untranslatable into ancient Greek.
Mind Over Money: Behavioral Economics and Financial Decision ... linkedin.com Dec 9, 2024 2 facts
claimEmotions, such as fear and anxiety, play a crucial role in financial decision-making and can drive individuals to make impulsive or irrational choices, such as missing out on potential gains due to an overly cautious approach.
claimTraditional economic theories assume people are rational actors who always make decisions in their best interest, whereas behavioral economics recognizes that cognitive biases, emotions, and social factors often influence human behavior.
Understanding the Psychology of Impulse Buying in E-Commerce jmsr-online.com Aug 9, 2025 2 facts
referenceAdelaar T, Chang S, Lancendorfer KM, Lee B, and Morimoto M published 'Effects of Media Formats on Emotions and Impulse Buying Intent' in the Journal of Information Technology in 2003, which explores how different media formats impact consumer emotions and impulse buying intentions.
claimHaq M. and Abbasi S. developed a double mediation model showing that hedonic consumption and emotions have an indirect impact on impulse purchase behavior.
The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org 2 facts
claimDamasio (2010) and LeDoux and Brown (2017) propose that emotions and bodily states are central to the evolution of consciousness.
claimMark Solms' 2021 regulatory function theory views consciousness as a regulatory function, primarily for emotions and drives, which allows organisms to more effectively manage their needs and desires.
The psychological mechanisms through which digital content ... frontiersin.org Nov 12, 2025 2 facts
referenceAwasthi, A., Nneoma, N. R., Shukla, P., Kumari, S., Sahil, S., Gandhi, N. et al. (2024) published 'The role of emotions in consumer brand loyalty: a neuromarketing approach' in the International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality in Asia Pacific.
referenceSaputra and Kumar (2025) utilized deep learning and transformer models to detect emotions in railway complaints as a data mining approach to analyzing public sentiment on Twitter.
7 Psychological Strategies to Influence Consumer Spending driveresearch.com Nov 19, 2020 2 facts
claimA consumer's decision to purchase an item of clothing is influenced by the emotions they experience while trying it on, such as feeling confident or beautiful.
claimAppealing to emotions is more effective in marketing than demonstrating the technical features and functionality of a product or service.
The Psychological Drivers of Financial Decision-Making - ijsrm ijsrm.net 2 facts
claimCognitive biases, the framing effect, emotions, self-signaling, and self-control in money management are psychological factors that can either negatively impact or improve financial wellness.
claimThe research article 'The Psychological Drivers of Financial Decision-Making' analyzes how cognitive biases, the framing effect, emotions, self-signaling, and self-control impact financial choices and can either improve or harm financial wellness.
How Men's Hormones Change with Age - London Andrology londonandrology.com 2 facts
Behavioral Finance: The Psychology behind Financial Decision ... abacademies.org 2 facts
claimEmotions such as fear, greed, and overconfidence can lead to impulsive financial choices that may not align with an individual's long-term financial goals.
claimEmotions such as fear, greed, and overconfidence can lead to impulsive financial choices that may not align with an individual's long-term financial goals, according to Robinson Arran (2023).
Consciousness and Cognitive Sciences journal-psychoanalysis.eu 2 facts
claimRecent research indicates that the separation between reasoning and emotions is disappearing, with evidence highlighting the importance of the amygdala, the lateralization of emotional processes, and the role of arousal in emotional memory.
claimNew techniques for large-scale analysis of brain activity and neuropsychology have enabled experimental research into complex cognitive correlates like mental imagery and emotions.
Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Sep 14, 2022 2 facts
perspectiveThe author of 'Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness' argues that consciousness and emotions are initially instantiated through a hedonic valence system, which later becomes more representational through the acquisition of richer sensory and integrative capacities, a view that contrasts with Spurrett's approach of bracketing off consciousness and emotions in the study of preferences.
claimThe evolution of subjective utility maximizers occurred at the verge of the Cambrian explosion, serving as the foundation upon which more complex representational capacities like interoception and emotions were built.
The Montreal model: an integrative biomedical-psychedelic ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimKetamine experiences are often described as visions of current and past events juxtaposed with perceptual distortions, similar to how dreams contain bizarre transformations of memories and emotions.
Why At Least 7 Hours of Sleep Is Essential for Brain Health medicine.utah.edu Jun 26, 2023 1 fact
claimSufficient sleep helps regulate emotions, while sleep deprivation leads to increased emotional reactivity, mood swings, irritability, and heightened stress responses.
The Profound Interplay Between Sleep and Cognitive Function creyos.com Aug 14, 2025 1 fact
referencePoor sleep can exacerbate irritability, anxiety, and stress, making it difficult to regulate emotions, according to Vandekerckhove et al. (2017).
Six Theories of Consciousness - Mind Matters mindmatters.ai Mar 2, 2026 1 fact
claimHuman beings experience a wide range of emotions including love, envy, serenity, frustration, embarrassment, guilt, admiration, resentment, surprise, loneliness, awe, irritation, trust, grief, anticipation, joy, fear, contentment, shame, compassion, anger, hope, jealousy, relief, despair, pride, disgust, amusement, gratitude, sadness, and happiness.
Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimEvolutionary psychology research covers diverse topics including language, morality, emotions, parental investment, homicide, social coercion, rape, psychopathologies, landscape preferences, spatial abilities, and pregnancy sickness.
Something Rich and Strange: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941 ... smuralis.wordpress.com Apr 16, 2012 1 fact
referenceKalpana Bardhan notes that in Rabindranath Tagore's songs, words are not secondary to melody, but are of equal or greater significance, serving as verbal, subtle delineations of complex emotions.
Exploring expert figures in alien-related UFO conspiracy theories nature.com Apr 15, 2025 1 fact
procedureThe researchers analyzed 100 tweets regarding UFO conspiracy theories by categorizing content types, including pictures, videos, memes, URL links, rhetorical means, main subjects, pro-UFO arguments, emotions, and the type of expert featured (UFO-witness, scientist, self-explorer, or other).
Behavioral Economics: How Understanding the Brain Can Build ... socialmediaexaminer.com Feb 15, 2024 1 fact
claimBehavioral economics provides insights into consumer decision-making processes, allowing marketers to reach and persuade target audiences by understanding how emotions, cognitive biases, and external triggers influence choices.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 1 fact
claimMark Alfano suggests that because emotions are easier to individuate than virtues, it is helpful to index virtues to the emotions they govern.
Influence of behavioral biases on investment decisions. The ... revistas.usc.gal 1 fact
referenceAntonio Damasio (2010) explored how the brain generates emotions, feelings, ideas, and the self.
The Effects of Attachment and Trauma on Parenting and Children's ... rsisinternational.org Aug 16, 2025 1 fact
referenceDuca, Ursu, Bogdan, and Rusu (2023) researched emotions and emotion regulation within family relationships.
The Emotional Wallet: A Behavioral Analysis of Consumer Financial ... acr-journal.com Nov 10, 2025 1 fact
claimEmotions play a key role in how individuals manage money, and addressing these emotional factors can assist people in making better financial decisions and improving overall financial well-being.
A Survey of Incorporating Psychological Theories in LLMs - arXiv arxiv.org 1 fact
referenceDimensional Models, such as the Circumplex Model, conceptualize emotions along the dimensions of valence and arousal.
[PDF] 12 Artificial emotions and machine consciousness hrilab.tufts.edu Feb 14, 2014 1 fact
referenceThe chapter titled '12 Artificial emotions and machine consciousness' aims to provide an overview of research in artificial intelligence regarding emotions and machine consciousness.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimThe S-ART framework operates on the premise that human perception, cognitions, and emotions related to ordinary experiences can be distorted or biased to varying degrees, existing on a spectrum that may or may not include clear psychopathology.
Section 7: Child Rearing Practices Across Cultures ldaiowa.org 1 fact
claimAndrea Brandt, Ph.D., M.F.T., states that while emotions are often viewed as universal, research indicates they are deeply influenced by cultural factors, including the expression, intensity, and perceived appropriateness of anger.
Marketing and Consumer Psychology - iResearchNet business-psychology.iresearchnet.com 1 fact
measurementAccording to Martin Lindstrom (2010), 95% of buying decisions occur subconsciously, guided by emotions and heuristics rather than pure logic.
Sleep Deprivation: What It Is, Symptoms, Treatment & Stages my.clevelandclinic.org Aug 11, 2022 1 fact
claimSleep deprivation negatively impacts mental health by making it harder to manage and process emotions and increasing the likelihood of experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness and the Intermediate ... frontiersin.org Apr 17, 2018 1 fact
referenceChella and Manzotti (2009) discussed problems in assessing robot consciousness, including the role of the body, the necessity for the robot to be 'situated' in an environment, the cognitive capabilities of the robot, and the functions of emotions.
Exploring the Psychology and Emotions Behind Decision Making savefirstfinancial.org Mar 12, 2024 1 fact
claimFinancial decisions are reflections of an individual's emotions and thoughts, rather than being solely based on numerical calculations.
Consciousness, Attention, and Conscious Attention psychologytoday.com Jun 9, 2015 1 fact
claimConsciousness is defined as the subjective awareness of various things such as visual objects, events, thoughts, and emotions.
Clinical evidence in the phenomenon of Alien Abduction neuroscigroup.us 1 fact
measurementIn a study of 20 male and 20 female undergraduate students exposed to partial sensory deprivation and weak, bilateral transtemporal pulsed magnetic fields, the numerical incidence of subjective experiences like old memories, dreams, emotions, or vestibular sensations did not differ significantly between the sexes.
Not Minds, but Signs: Reframing LLMs through Semiotics - arXiv arxiv.org Jul 1, 2025 1 fact
claimBaruch Spinoza characterized emotions as ideas regarding the state of one's body, arguing that understanding these emotions leads to clarity rather than repression.
8.4 Tone – TPW: Technical & Professional Writing openoregon.pressbooks.pub 1 fact
claimWriters transmit attitudes and emotions through devices such as sentence structure, word choice, punctuation, and the use of formal or informal language.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Introduction to Psychology open.maricopa.edu 1 fact
claimPsychological factors likely serve as one of the most common triggers of asthma exacerbation because stress and emotions directly affect immune and respiratory functions.
The Functionalist Case for Machine Consciousness: Evidence from ... lesswrong.com Jan 22, 2025 1 fact
claimThe AI model Gemini defines its engagement with users as a programmed ability to process requests, extract meaning, and formulate relevant responses, explicitly stating that it does not experience empathy, shared emotions, or complex social nuances.
Stress, Lifestyle, and Health – Psychology 2e OpenStax pressbooks.cuny.edu 1 fact
claimPsychological factors likely serve as one of the most common triggers of asthma exacerbation because stress and emotions directly affect immune and respiratory functions.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimDavid Chalmers concludes that thoughts, actions, intentions, and emotions may be the quiddities of neurotransmitters, neurons, and glial cells, a position associated with Russellian monism.
The Psychology of Personal Finance - Next Gen Financial Planning nextgenfinancialplanning.com Feb 10, 2023 1 fact
claimAwareness of one's own emotions and how they influence financial habits is a key factor in managing money and achieving fiscal security.
Published Studies — Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and ... hopkinspsychedelic.org 1 fact
claimEmotions and brain function are altered up to one month after a single high dose of psilocybin.
Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 13, 2017 1 fact
referenceThe 'sense of ownership' or 'sense of mineness' is a concept in cognitive science and philosophy where a subject is aware of their thoughts, actions, emotions, perceptual experiences, memories, and bodily experiences as being their own.
Behavioral Economics: Everyday Biases That Shape Money Choices verifiedinvesting.com 1 fact
perspectiveBehavioral economics posits that emotions and mental shortcuts influence both investments and routine money management.