AIMC Topic: Affect

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Effects of the Red Bull energy drink on cognitive function and mood in healthy young volunteers.

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)
The present study compared the cognitive and mood effects of two commercially available products, Red Bull energy drink 250 mL and Red Bull Sugarfree energy drink 250 mL, together with a matching placebo 250 mL. Twenty-four healthy young volunteers t...

Externalising moods and psychological states in a cloud based system to enhance a pet-robot and child's interaction.

Biomedical engineering online
BACKGROUND: This PATRICIA research project is about using pet robots to reduce pain and anxiety in hospitalized children. The study began 2 years ago and it is believed that the advances made in this project are significant. Patients, parents, nurses...

Effectiveness of a social robot, "Paro," in a VA long-term care setting.

Psychological services
Interest in animal assisted interventions (AAI) has grown over the years, but acceptance of AAI by the clinical and research community has been hampered by safety, hygiene, and logistical concerns. Advances in the field of social robotics have provid...

Effect of Subliminal Lexical Priming on the Subjective Perception of Images: A Machine Learning Approach.

PloS one
The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of subliminal priming in terms of the perception of images influenced by words with positive, negative, and neutral emotional content, through electroencephalograms (EEGs). Participants were instructe...

Effect of an interactive therapeutic robotic animal on engagement, mood states, agitation and psychotropic drug use in people with dementia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol.

BMJ open
INTRODUCTION: Apathy, agitated behaviours, loneliness and depression are common consequences of dementia. This trial aims to evaluate the effect of a robotic animal on behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in people with dementia living ...

A Sensitive and Specific Neural Signature for Picture-Induced Negative Affect.

PLoS biology
Neuroimaging has identified many correlates of emotion but has not yet yielded brain representations predictive of the intensity of emotional experiences in individuals. We used machine learning to identify a sensitive and specific signature of emoti...

Brain Signature Predicts Negative Emotion in Individuals.

PLoS biology
Emotions are central to our daily lives, but their neural basis is not well understood; a new study uses fMRI to identify a complex multisystem neural signature of negative emotion induced by viewing distressing photographs.

Comparison of machine classification algorithms for fibromyalgia: neuroimages versus self-report.

The journal of pain
UNLABELLED: Recent studies have posited that machine learning (ML) techniques accurately classify individuals with and without pain solely based on neuroimaging data. These studies claim that self-report is unreliable, making "objective" neuroimaging...

Differential Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Mood and Pain Symptoms in People With Chronic Pain and Major Depressive Disorders-A Review.

European journal of pain (London, England)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Chronic pain and major depressive disorder (MDD) are among the most prevalent and disabling conditions globally, often co-occurring and sharing overlapping symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive dysfunction and mood disturbance...

Examining 81 Predictors of Self-Esteem Using Machine Learning.

International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie
The purpose of this study was to identify and rank the most important predictors of self-esteem. Data were drawn from the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, a nationally representative survey of American adults. A total of 81 potential predi...