Creating "Joy Theory" 4.0: Emotion and Physiology

In constructing and testing Joy Theory I came to realize that Joy doesn't always fit as the preferred emotion in certain situations and in its place I started to use gratitude and hope when applicable. This made me wonder if I was on the right track with the emotions I was choosing to use in this theory and, in order to check myself, I decided to research the top 5 emotions in terms of their overall positive impact on physiology and psychology. According the ChatGPT the top 5 emotions based on overall benefit are (in this order): Love, gratitude, joy, hope, and peace. I then researched each in turn to decipher what specific impacts each emotion had on overall functioning. Here are the results:

The simplest extraction from the data is that positive emotions have positive impacts. When I hypothesized that emotions may be possible resonant states for the body, I think anything that helps the body and mind in a positive fashion indicates some kind of resonance, or at least optimal functioning. After looking at this chart I find it pretty impossible to argue otherwise. I didn't expect every emotion on the chart to have such overwhelmingly positive impacts on the brain and body.

After thinking about it I chose to create a new chart based on degrees of impact with L meaning low impact, M for medium impact, and H for high impact. A low rating, color coded red, will mean that the emotion impacts the chosen measured item indirectly or that it's a possibility. A medium rating, color coded yellow, means that there is a definite correlation between the emotion and a positive impact on the specific measured item while a M* means that there can be a high correlation. A high rating, color coded green, means that there is a significant scientific impact between the two. Items that have no correlation will be left blank. Additionally, mixed results, as in it can impact the measured item positively or negatively, will be indicated by an asterisk. Here is an example of a typical google search: "does feeling love impact heart rate coherence?" Here are the results:

While this information may not be 100% accurate due to the brevity of my searches, it does give reliable enough information. With this new assortment of information we have more distinct results. Here is a breakdown of the information:

This paints an entirely different picture than the previous chart. Peace is easily the most impactful emotion, love is arguably second despite it's lower amount of mediums and higher number of lows, joy and hope are tied, and gratitude comes in last place. Although, if we give a base weight of 3 to high, 2 to medium, and 1 to low then joy and hope rank higher than love by one point. Love also has the most M*s, meaning possible high impacts with a chance of no impact at all, and has one rating with a chance of negative impact as well as one with no impact at all. It also has the most low impacts. Another factor to keep in mind is that joy is typically regarded as a temporary state in these findings rather than a permanent state, which is the overall purpose of Joy Theory. With that in mind I would rate joy and hope as higher than love due to their higher reliability which happens to match the emotional frequency chart as shown below.

So statistically it seems the chosen emotions are on the right track.