A CHAOTIC SYSTEMS-ANALYSIS OF RHYTHMS IN FEELING STATES

This study examines temporal patterns in the mood polarities of pleasu re and pain as well as excitation and relaxation as chaotic in nature. For 3 weeks 5 participants recorded Likert scale estimates of these 2 variables every 30 min while awake. Resulting values were analyzed us ing two-dimensional attractor reconstructions, Fourier frequency analy ses, and fractal dimension estimates. The reconstructions in combinati on with the frequency analyses disclosed distinct individual patterns which the dimension estimates show to be chaos-like in structure.