#affective-forecasting

[ follow ]
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

Not everyone who cancels plans at the last minute is flaky. Some of them said yes from the version of themselves that felt capable that morning and then spent the entire day slowly losing access to that person. - Silicon Canals

A person who cancels plans may not be unreliable; they are often a different version of themselves than when they initially agreed.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

The Affective Trade-Offs We Make

In my conception of the Affect Management Framework (AMF; Haynes-LaMotte, 2025), affect is defined as an evaluative common currency in consciousness that is attached to the brain's goals and can be swayed by a combination of interoceptive senses, meaning-making processes, the processing dynamics of exteroceptive senses (sight and hearing), and the proprioceptive signals used to control the body. My previous post provided an overview of the framework. This post will explore additional principles of the AMF.
Psychology
[ Load more ]