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Grateful' reference

Glossary

Definitions of the terms used across Grateful', with linked research.

For the practice rather than the vocabulary, see the gratitude journal prompts.

  1. 01Affect labelingAffect labeling is the act of putting an emotion into words; a 2007 imaging study found naming a feeling lowered amygdala response to negative images.
  2. 02Duration neglectDuration neglect is the finding that how long an experience lasted barely affects how good or bad you remember it being afterwards.
  3. 03Gratitude journalingGratitude journaling is the practice of writing down specific things you are grateful for, usually as a short list kept on a regular schedule.
  4. 04Mood tracking vs mood ratingMood rating records how strongly you felt something as a number; mood tracking pairs that number with a short note naming what it was about.
  5. 05Peak-end ruleThe peak-end rule is the pattern that people judge a past experience by its most intense moment and by how it ended, rather than by its length.
  6. 06Three good thingsThree good things is a gratitude journaling format in which you write three specific good moments from the day, and then stop.