This review integrates Fredrickson's broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions with
advances in affective neuroscience regarding plasticity in the neural circuitry of emotions to …

The current view of brain organization supports the notion that there is a considerable
degree of functional specialization and that many regions can be conceptualized as …

The emotions of teachers are considered relevant not only for their own well-being but also
for the functioning of classrooms. Nevertheless, research on teacher emotions has been …

Science is often mischaracterized as a dispassionate discipline. So much so that scientists
who exhibit passion about their work are portrayed in popular culture as evil, unethical …

Classroom-based physical activity breaks are postulated to positively impact children's
attention during their school day. However, empirical evidence for this claim is scarce and …

To understand when and why mood states influence creativity, the authors developed and
tested a dual pathway to creativity model; creative fluency (number of ideas or insights) and …

Affective experiences are commonly represented by either transient emotional reactions to
discrete events or longer term, sustained mood states that are characterized by a more …

Goal-directed action in changing environments requires a dynamic balance between
complementary control modes, which serve antagonistic adaptive functions (eg, to shield …

Behavioral economic studies reveal that negative sentiment driven by bad mood and anxiety
affects investment decisions and may hence affect asset pricing. In this study we examine …

Happiness underlying factors are considerable from two dimensions: endogenic factors
(biological, cognitive, personality and ethical sub-factors) and exogenic factors (behavioral …