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Emotions are mental states brought on by
neurophysiological Neurophysiology is a branch of physiology and neuroscience that studies nervous system function rather than nervous system architecture. This area aids in the diagnosis and monitoring of neurological diseases. Historically, it has been dominated b ...
changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of
pleasure Pleasure refers to experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad. It is closely related to value, desire and action: humans and other conscious animals ...
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displeasure {{Short pages monitor * Jesse Prinz – American philosopher who specializes in emotion, moral psychology, aesthetics and consciousness * James A. Russell (born 1947) – American psychologist who developed or co-developed the PAD theory of environmental impact, circumplex model of affect, prototype theory of emotion concepts, a critique of the hypothesis of universal recognition of emotion from facial expression, concept of core affect, developmental theory of differentiation of emotion concepts, and, more recently, the theory of the psychological construction of emotion *
Klaus Scherer Klaus Rainer Scherer (born 1943) is former Professor of Psychology and director of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences in Geneva. He is a specialist in the psychology of emotion. He is known for editing the ''Handbook of Affective Sciences'' ...
(born 1943) – Swiss psychologist and director of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences in Geneva; he specializes in the psychology of emotion * Ronald de Sousa (born 1940) – English–Canadian philosopher who specializes in the philosophy of emotions, philosophy of mind and philosophy of biology *
Jonathan H. Turner Jonathan H. Turner (born September 7, 1942), is a professor of sociology at University of California, Riverside. Biography After receiving his PhD from Cornell University in 1968, since the academic year 1969–1970 he has been at UCR. He has b ...
(born 1942) – American sociologist from the University of California, Riverside, who is a general sociological theorist with specialty areas including the sociology of emotions, ethnic relations, social institutions, social stratification, and bio-sociology *
Dominique Moïsi Dominique Moïsi (born 21 October 1946) is a French political scientist and writer. He was a co-founder and is a senior advisor of the Paris-based Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), ''Pierre Keller Visiting Professor'' at Har ...
(born 1946) – authored a book titled ''The Geopolitics of Emotion'' focusing on emotions related to globalization


See also

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Affect measures Affect measures (measures of affect or measures of emotion) are used in the study of human affect (including emotions and mood), and refer to measures obtained from self-report studies asking participants to quantify their current feelings or ave ...
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Affective forecasting Affective forecasting (also known as hedonic forecasting, or the hedonic forecasting mechanism) is the prediction of one's affect (emotional state) in the future. As a process that influences preferences, decisions, and behavior, affective foreca ...
* Emotion and memory * '' Emotion Review'' *
Emotional intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) is most often defined as the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions. People with high emotional intelligence can recognize their own emotions and those of others, use emotional information t ...
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Emotional isolation Emotional isolation is a state of isolation where one may have a well-functioning social network but still feels emotionally separated from others. Population-based research indicates that one in five middle-aged and elderly men (50–80 years) ...
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Emotions in virtual communication Emotions in virtual communication differ in a variety of ways from those in face-to-face interactions due to the characteristics of computer-mediated communication (CMC). CMC may lack many of the auditory and visual cues normally associated with th ...
* Facial feedback hypothesis *
Fuzzy-trace theory Fuzzy-trace theory (FTT) is a theory of cognition originally proposed by Valerie F. Reyna and Charles Brainerd that draws upon dual-trace conceptions to predict and explain cognitive phenomena, particularly in memory and reasoning. The theory has ...
* Group emotion * Moral emotions *
Social sharing of emotions The social sharing of emotions is a phenomenon in the field of psychology that concerns the tendency to recount and share emotional experiences with others. According to this area of research, emotional experiences are not uniquely fleeting and ...
* Two-factor theory of emotion


References


Further reading

* Glinka, Lukasz Andrzej (2013) ''Theorizing Emotions: A Brief Study of Psychological, Philosophical, and Cultural Aspects of Human Emotions''. Great Abington: Cambridge International Science Publishing. . * Dana Sugu & Amita Chaterje
"Flashback: Reshuffling Emotions"
, ''International Journal on Humanistic Ideology'', Vol. 3 No. 1, Spring–Summer 2010. * Cornelius, R. (1996). ''The science of emotion''. New Jersey:
Prentice Hall Prentice Hall was an American major educational publisher owned by Savvas Learning Company. Prentice Hall publishes print and digital content for the 6–12 and higher-education market, and distributes its technical titles through the Safari B ...
. * * * González, Ana Marta (2012). The Emotions and Cultural Analysis. Burlington, VT : Ashgate. * Ekman, P. (1999).
Basic Emotions
. In: T. Dalgleish and M. Power (Eds.). ''Handbook of Cognition and Emotion''. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Sussex, UK:. * Frijda, N.H. (1986). ''The Emotions''. Maison des Sciences de l'Homme an
Cambridge University Press
* * Hogan, Patrick Colm. (2011)
''What Literature Teaches Us about Emotion''
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * Hordern, Joshua. (2013)
''Political Affections: Civic Participation and Moral Theology''
Oxford: Oxford University Press. * LeDoux, J.E. (1986). "The neurobiology of emotion". Chap. 15 in J.E. LeDoux & W. Hirst (Eds.) ''Mind and Brain: dialogues in cognitive neuroscience''. New York: Cambridge. * Mandler, G. (1984). ''Mind and Body: Psychology of emotion and stress''. New York: Norton
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* Nussbaum, Martha C. (2001) ''Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * Plutchik, R. (1980). A general psychoevolutionary theory of emotion. In R. Plutchik & H. Kellerman (Eds.), ''Emotion: Theory, research, and experience: Vol. 1. Theories of emotion'' (pp. 3–33). New York: Academic. * Roberts, Robert. (2003). ''Emotions: An Essay in Aid of Moral Psychology.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * * * Solomon, R. (1993). ''The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life''. Indianapolis:
Hackett Publishing Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. is an academic publishing house located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Since beginning operations in 1972, Hackett has concentrated mainly on the humanities, especially classical and philosophical texts. Many Hackett ...
. * * Wikibook Cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience * Dror Green (2011). "Emotional Training, the art of creating a sense of a safe place in a changing world". Bulgaria: Books


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