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MENTAL MODEL · M0209

The Valins Effect

The Valins Effect
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-28

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The Valins Effect is a conscious sense of physiological changes when an emotional response is actualized.

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The Valins Effect is a conscious sense of physiological changes when an emotional response is actualized.

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The Valins Effect refers to the phenomenon where people's judgments of their own emotions are influenced by false internal feedback (such as fake heart rate changes), indicating that emotional recognition relies on cognitive interpretation rather than pure physiology. It was discovered by Stuart Valins in 1966.

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