ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces experimental research on everyday emotions as a valuable perspective on urban coexistence. It begins by defining everyday emotions and explaining how their study differs from conventional approaches to emotion research. Psychological research on naturalistic emotions has so far been limited, largely due to methodological challenges. Existing research often relies on verbal descriptions of experience; however, such accounts may obscure the automatic responses that shape interpretation and behaviour. To address this gap, the chapter proposes a multidisciplinary approach to the experimental investigation of everyday emotions. By combining ethnographic research with virtual reality, elements of everyday urban life can be recreated in a laboratory setting, allowing automatic emotional reactions to ordinary events to be measured. This approach integrates objective and subjective responses by translating ethnographic insights into 360-degree stimuli for controlled experimental investigation. It combines eye movement patterns, physiological measures, and self-reports, opening new avenues for psychophysiological research on everyday coexistence.
