August 2021

Emotional Contagion Flows From Appearances, Not Realities

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When contagious emotions flow, it is appearance, not the full realities, that count. The appearance, in images and sounds, presents the movement and the pictures from which emotions flow, and which emotional contagion stems from. When it comes to the news, it is the same. It is the images, the color and the sounds in […]

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Emotional and Social Contagion During Times of ‘Hot Topics’

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Emotions are contagious and can be caught and absorbed by others. This is emotional contagion. It applies not only to openly expressed emotion, but also to implicit emotions, when emotions are experienced within us and not expressed to others openly.  They can still be spread to others, subtly or indirectly in voice tone, gestures, and

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