I. Moment of Experience
A. Internal Processes
1. Perception
a. Sensory processing
i. Visual processing: light, retina, neural-signals, brain
ii. Auditory processing: sound-waves, ear, neural-signals, brain
iii. Olfactory processing: chemical-molecules, olfactory-receptors, neural-signals, brain
iv. Gustatory processing: chemical-molecules, taste-buds, neural-signals, brain
v. Tactile processing: mechanical-stimuli, skin-receptors, neural-signals, brain
b. Interpretation of sensory information
i. Role of prior knowledge and expectations
1. Past experiences
2. Expectations
ii. Role of attention
1. Selective attention
2. Automatic attention
iii. Role of emotions
1. Current emotions
2. Past emotions
2. Attention
a. Selective attention
i. Voluntary control
1. Focus
2. Switching
ii. Influences
1. Motivation
2. Emotion
3. Task demands
b. Automatic attention
i. Capture by salient stimuli
ii. Influences: novelty, relevance
3. Emotion regulation
a. Intensity
i. Increasing
ii. Decreasing
b. Valence
i. Positive to negative
ii. Negative to positive
c. Duration
i. Shortening
ii. Lengthening
d. Influences
i. Cognitive strategies
ii. Social and environmental cues
iii. Physiological arousal