A dynamical systems model of emotional contagion: Oscillatory coupling in the circumplex of affect
Diego Alexander Garzón-Alvarado, Carlos Alberto Duque-Daza, Alessio Alexiadis, Ricardo Mauricio Tamayo · 2026
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Diego Alexander Garzón-Alvarado led a team of four authors modeling how emotions spread between people, published in PLOS ONE in 2026. Moods are contagious: a calm or anxious person shifts those nearby. The team built a dynamical systems model in which emotions couple like oscillators, using the circumplex map of affect that places feelings on axes of pleasantness and arousal.
Garzón-Alvarado's equations show how moods can synchronize between individuals, falling into step like coupled rhythms. A formal model lets researchers test ideas about crowds, teams, and online contagion that talk alone cannot settle. It also suggests when a group tips from mixed moods into one shared state. Such models may one day guide how schools and workplaces handle emotional climates.
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| CREATOR | Diego Alexander Garzón-Alvarado, Carlos Alberto Duque-Daza, Alessio Alexiadis, Ricardo Mauricio Tamayo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 106764 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |