Studies of meaning attribution in 24 groups contrasted by various temperament traits showed that people with high neuroticism, high emotionality and weak endurance perceived neutral abstract concepts more negatively than people with low neuroticism and strong endurance.
Studies have been performed and have shown that sleep deprivation in children reduces their ability to adjust their behavior in emotional situations.
Children showed high emotional attention biases when deprived of sleep.
In a hypothetical, prosocial behavioral context, positively charged self-evaluative emotions most strongly predict moral choice.
[12] In anti-social behaviors, negatively charged, critical emotions most strongly predict moral choice.
[15] In one experiment, researchers looked at what emotions manifest the disposition effect, where individuals sell winning shares and hold losing ones.
[15] In regards to patients making a medical decision, emotions and one's motivational goals, play a part as well.