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Emotion intensification: Difference between revisions
>Graham m Reference: The results presented here suggest that moderate (not high) alcohol consumption can cause neutral facial expressions to be attributed to emotional expressions, with a greater amount attributed towards sadness. |
>Graham m Reference: Drugs enhance and suppress emotional processing (measured using social stimuli). Drug-induced changes in emotional processing in this review were not related to subjective drug effects. |
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<onlyinclude>'''Emotion enhancement''' is an effect which greatly amplifies and enhances a person's current emotional state beyond normal levels of intensity. | <onlyinclude>'''Emotion enhancement''' is an effect which greatly amplifies and enhances a person's current emotional state beyond normal levels of intensity. | ||
Unlike many other subjective effects such as [[Cognitive euphoria|euphoria]] or [[anxiety]] this effect does not actively induce specific emotions regardless of a person's current state of mind and mental stability. Instead, it works by passively amplifying and enhancing the genuine emotions that a person is already feeling prior to ingesting the drug or prior to the onset of this effect. This causes emotion enhancement to be equally capable of manifesting in both a positive and negative direction. | Unlike many other subjective effects such as [[Cognitive euphoria|euphoria]] or [[anxiety]] this effect does not actively induce specific emotions regardless of a person's current state of mind and mental stability. Instead, it works by passively amplifying and enhancing the genuine emotions that a person is already feeling prior to ingesting the drug or prior to the onset of this effect. This causes emotion enhancement to be equally capable of manifesting in both a positive and negative direction.<ref name="Miller2015">Miller, M. A., Bershad, A. K., & de Wit, H. (2015). Drug effects on responses to emotional facial expressions: recent findings. Behavioural pharmacology, 26(6), 571. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097%2FFBP.0000000000000164</ref> | ||
For example, an individual who is currently feeling somewhat anxious or emotionally unstable may become overwhelmed with intensified negative emotions, paranoia, and confusion. In contrast, an individual who is generally feeling positive and emotionally stable is more likely to find themselves overwhelmed with states of emotional euphoria, happiness, and feelings of general contentment. The intensity of emotional states felt under emotion enhancement can shape the tone of a trip and predispose the user to other effects, such as [[mania]] or [[unity and interconnectedness|unity]] in positive states and [[thought loops]] or [[feelings of impending doom]] in negative states. | For example, an individual who is currently feeling somewhat anxious or emotionally unstable may become overwhelmed with intensified negative emotions, paranoia, and confusion. In contrast, an individual who is generally feeling positive and emotionally stable is more likely to find themselves overwhelmed with states of emotional euphoria, happiness, and feelings of general contentment. The intensity of emotional states felt under emotion enhancement can shape the tone of a trip and predispose the user to other effects, such as [[mania]] or [[unity and interconnectedness|unity]] in positive states and [[thought loops]] or [[feelings of impending doom]] in negative states. | ||
Emotion enhancement is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. However, it can also occur under the influence of [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]], [[GABAergic]] [[depressant|depressants]],<ref>Kamboj, S. K., Joye, A., Bisby, J. A., Das, R. K., Platt, B., & Curran, H. V. (2013). Processing of facial affect in social drinkers: a dose–response study of alcohol using dynamic emotion expressions. Psychopharmacology, 227(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-012-2940-5</ref> | Emotion enhancement is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[psychedelic]] compounds, such as [[LSD]], [[psilocybin]], and [[mescaline]]. However, it can also occur under the influence of [[cannabinoid|cannabinoids]], [[GABAergic]] [[depressant|depressants]],<ref>Kamboj, S. K., Joye, A., Bisby, J. A., Das, R. K., Platt, B., & Curran, H. V. (2013). Processing of facial affect in social drinkers: a dose–response study of alcohol using dynamic emotion expressions. Psychopharmacology, 227(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-012-2940-5</ref> and [[stimulant|stimulants]].<ref name="Miller2015"/></onlyinclude> | ||
===Psychoactive substances=== | ===Psychoactive substances=== | ||
Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | Compounds within our [[psychoactive substance index]] which may cause this effect include: | ||