Why it helps to understand your emotions more precisely
Research into emotional differentiation (emotional granularity) studies the ability to tell close emotional experiences apart, rather than describing them with broad words like “good” or “bad”. A greater ability to differentiate one’s own emotions is associated in research with a range of markers of more adaptive emotional functioning.
A separate line — affect labeling — studies what happens when a person puts an emotional experience into words. Experimental work shows that naming emotions is associated with changes in how the brain responds to emotional stimuli.
Research by Dawn Neumann and colleagues also examines whether emotional awareness can be developed. In their programmes, participants learned to recognise, name and distinguish their own emotions more accurately, to widen their emotional vocabulary and to notice internal signals connected to emotions. Findings from this line of research support the idea that noticing, distinguishing and naming one’s own emotions is something that can be developed.
From research to Eviora
Eviora brings together principles from research into the structure of emotions, emotional awareness, emotional differentiation and affect labeling in its own digital approach to exploring emotion.
The aim of Eviora is not to diagnose, and not to decide for you what you are feeling, but to help you recognise, name and make sense of your own emotional state, and consciously choose a next step.
Eviora is a research-informed tool for self-reflection and emotional awareness, not a clinically validated diagnostic or therapeutic method.
Your emotions stay private
What you share with Eviora stays private. I do not sell your personal data and I do not pass your entries to third parties for advertising. Data is stored with measures aimed at protecting your privacy and security.
More about what is stored, how it is used and how you can manage it — in the Privacy Policy.
