Dynamical models of happiness

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-36

  Sprott, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Differential equations; Happiness; Hedonics; Van der Pol equation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOVE; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOVE; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 14544302642     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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