The biopsychology of mood and arousal
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The biopsychology of mood and arousal
Oxford University Press, 1989
- pbk
Available at 16 libraries
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Bibliography: p. 195-222
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores the interplay between physiological and psychological states in light of increasing evidence that they exert subtle, long-term influences not only on mood, but also perception, judgement, and cognitive processes in general; these, in turn, affect behaviour. Drawing on his own data from subjective assessments of mood and research by others, the author addresses questions such as what determines a person's mood and its changes; what is the
relationship between mood and sugar snacking, smoking, coffee drinking, late-night worry, depression, and insomnia; what effect do exercise, time of day, nutrition, and sleep have on mood. This book will be of interest to researchers in personality, clinical, and physiological psychology and to laypersons
interested in the topic.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Modern perspectives on mood
- Arousal: A basic element of mood and behaviour
- Daily rhythms of subjective energy and other biopsychological cycles
- Determinants of energetic and tense arousal, including cognitive-mood interactions
- The natural interaction of energetic and tense moods: A multidimensional arousal model
- Issues relating to formal and informal research on mood
- Toward an understanding of nonpathological mood states: Evidence, speculations, and applications
- Appendices
- References.
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