THE INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONS ON THE ACQUISITION LEVEL OF SENSORY INFORMATION
THE INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONS ON THE ACQUISITION LEVEL OF SENSORY INFORMATION

Summary/Abstract: The emotions involved in the learning process, which are in a permanent state of interconnection, can be considered the main factor and/or trigger of the process through each information is acquired by any sensory means. According to the American psychologist P. Ekman, "...emotions are reactions to aspects which seem extremely important to our well-being [...] emotions are created so rapidly in most situations that we still cannot fully understand the triggering mental processes." (Ekman P., 2011, Emotion Revealed. Understanding Faces and Feelings, p.48). On the other hand, "Visual sensations are the result of the interaction between electromagnetic waves and the visual analysis apparatus." (Popescu - Neveanu P., Zlate M., Cretu T., 1995, Psychology, p.31). This article aims to highlight the way in which emotions (even when induced in a controlled manner) act on: ocular movements, facial expressions and postural behaviour, and also the way in which they influence their response. Taking these aspects into account, alongside the idea that: "the cultivation of beneficial emotions plays a role in disease treatment in any medical field" (Salzberg S. apud. Goleman D., 2008,Healing Emotions: Conversation with DALAI LAMA on Mindfulness, Emotions and Health, p.20), the first part of the paper presents the general framework of the concept of emotion, alongside its visual, facial and postural parameters of definition. In the second part of the article the theoretical framework of research is established and the experimental system is presented. The focus is on the influence of controlled emotions on the level of information acquisition (at every one the three levels previously established). The final part of the paper presents the results of conclusions relating to the influence of triggering factor on the responses and the process of data or information acquisition.

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