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Emotion / Annett Schirmer, National University of Singapore.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2015]Description: 1 online resource (508 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781483378619 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 152.4 23
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Contents:
part 1. Emotion theories from antiquity to modernity -- part 2. Foundations for emotion research -- part 3. Emotions -- part 4. Emotions and other mental processes -- part 5. Intra- and inter-individual differences in emotion.
Summary: Emotion is a comprehensive text that integrates traditional psychological theories and cutting-edge neuroscience research to explain the nature and role of emotions in human functioning. Written in an engaging style, the book explores emotions at the behavioral, physiological, mental, and neurofunctional (i.e., chemical, metabolic, and structural) levels, and examines each in a broad context, touching on different theoretical perspectives, regulatory processes, development, and culture, among others. Providing greater insight and depth than existing texts, the book offers a holistic view of the field, giving students a broader understanding of the mechanisms underlying emotions and enabling them to appreciate the role emotions play in their lives. In dedicated chapters, the text covers past and current theories of emotion, individual emotions and their bodily representation, the role ...
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-445) and index.

part 1. Emotion theories from antiquity to modernity -- part 2. Foundations for emotion research -- part 3. Emotions -- part 4. Emotions and other mental processes -- part 5. Intra- and inter-individual differences in emotion.

Emotion is a comprehensive text that integrates traditional psychological theories and cutting-edge neuroscience research to explain the nature and role of emotions in human functioning. Written in an engaging style, the book explores emotions at the behavioral, physiological, mental, and neurofunctional (i.e., chemical, metabolic, and structural) levels, and examines each in a broad context, touching on different theoretical perspectives, regulatory processes, development, and culture, among others. Providing greater insight and depth than existing texts, the book offers a holistic view of the field, giving students a broader understanding of the mechanisms underlying emotions and enabling them to appreciate the role emotions play in their lives. In dedicated chapters, the text covers past and current theories of emotion, individual emotions and their bodily representation, the role ...

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