Temporal Emotional State

A Temporal Emotional State is an emotional state that involves temporal orientation toward past experiences, present moments, or future possibilities.

• AKA: Time-Oriented Emotion, Temporally-Anchored Feeling, Chronological Emotional State.
• Context:
  • It can typically influence memory processing through temporal perspective.
  • It can typically affect decision making through temporal framing.
  • It can typically modulate emotional intensity through temporal distance.
  • It can typically shape narrative identity through temporal coherence.
  • It can often involve mental time travel through episodic memory.
  • It can often generate anticipatory emotions or retrospective emotions.
  • It can often influence well-being through temporal comparison.
  • It can range from being a Past-Oriented Emotional State to being a Future-Oriented Emotional State, depending on its temporal direction.
  • It can range from being a Near Temporal Emotional State to being a Distant Temporal Emotional State, depending on its temporal proximity.
  • It can range from being a Specific Temporal Emotional State to being a General Temporal Emotional State, depending on its temporal precision.
  • It can range from being a Positive Temporal Emotional State to being a Negative Temporal Emotional State, depending on its emotional valence.
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• Example(s):
  • Past-Oriented Temporal Emotions, such as:
    • Moment Return Craving for past moment desire.
    • Future Anticipation Craving for upcoming event desire.
    • Pride Emotional State for past achievements.
  • Present-Oriented Temporal Emotions, such as:
    • Mindful Emotional State for current awareness.
    • Flow State for present immersion.
  • Future-Oriented Temporal Emotions, such as:
    • Anticipatory Joy for upcoming events.
    • Hope Emotional State for future possibilities.
    • Anxiety State for uncertain futures.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Atemporal Emotional State, which lacks temporal reference.
  • Pure Sensory State, which involves only immediate perception.
  • Reflex Response, which lacks temporal cognition.
• See: Emotional State, Temporal Cognition, Mental Time Travel, Episodic Memory, Nostalgic State, Anticipatory Emotion, Retrospective Emotion, Temporal Distance, Emotional Memory, Memory Trigger, Craving State.

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