Glossary M

Glossary M

Deutsch: Stimmung / Español: Estado de ánimo / Português: Humor / Français: Humeur / Italiano: Umore /

Mood refers to a low-intensity, long-lasting emotional state ; an enduring period of emotionality; a feeling state that is not clearly linked to some event.

Likewise, Moods are person's experience of emotion which are typically longer lasting and less intense than emotions.

A Mood disorder refers to one of a group of disorders involving severe and enduring disturbances in emotionality ranging from elation to severe depression.

A set of Mood Disorders is a class of disorders marked by emotional disturbances that may spill over to disrupt physical, perceptual, social, and thought processes.

Mood stabilizers refer to medications or drugs which are used to control mood swings in patients with Bipolar mood disorders.

Mood -congruent refers to a determination th a person's emotions are normative to or in sync with the situation he/ she faces.

Mood -congruent recall refers to the idea that positive feelings will activate positive memories and negative feelings will activate negative memories.

Mood -dependent memory effect refers to the empirical finding that people’s ability to recall information is best when their mood at the time of recall matches their mood at the time of learning.

Moon illusion refers to the apparent change in size that occurs as the moon moves from the horizon (large moon) to overhead (small moon); an illusion in which the moon appears to be larger when it is on or near the horizon than when it is high in the sky.