What is it about?
This book focuses on the interplay between emotions, technology, and health, exploring how emotional processes influence health outcomes and how technology can be used to understand, support, and improve emotional and health-related experiences.
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Why is it important?
Why this book is important: It offers an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates affective science, health psychology, and technology studies, providing new insights into how emotional factors impact health. The book discusses how emerging technologies can be harnessed to enhance health interventions by addressing emotional needs, contributing to wellness, and managing health conditions. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and technologists interested in the emotional dimensions of health and the potential of technology to foster well-being. By bridging emotions, technology, and health, it addresses contemporary challenges related to mental and physical health in a tech-driven world, making it highly relevant for designing effective health technologies and services. This resource spans foundational theory and practical applications, positioning emotions as central to health and technology in modern healthcare and wellness contexts.
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This page is a summary of: Preface, January 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801737-1.09998-4.
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