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🎨 Art Therapy Mood Dynamics: 2D Valence-Arousal Map

Paint on a canvas and watch a valence-arousal mood state move across Russell's circumplex toward the emotional tone of your colours and strokes.

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Paint on a canvas and watch a simple mood model move across Russell's valence-arousal circumplex: the brightness, saturation and speed of your strokes pull the mood toward an emotional tone while stress pulls it back to baseline.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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