Emotion theory is about more than affect and cognition: Taking triggers and actions into account

Charles S. Carver

doi:10.1017/S0140525X05260041

Emotion theory is about more than affect and cognition: Taking triggers and actions into account

Charles S. Carver

Psychology

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Abstract

Understanding how emotions emerge is difficult without determining what characteristic of the trigger actually triggers them. Knowing whether emotional experiences self-stabilize is difficult without remembering what other processes are set in play as the emotion emerges. It is not clear either that positive feedback is required for the emergence of emotion or that an attractor model captures well what is happening when an emotion arises.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	198-199
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05260041
State	Published - Apr 1 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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