Defining emotion
The lack of scientific consensus on what an emotion fundamentally is.
13 papers carry this theme
In these papers
- 01Developing Emotional Design: Emotions as Cognitive Processes and their Role in the Design of Interactive TechnologiesAmon Rapp · 2017Treats emotions via appraisal and complex-emotion theory.
- 02Emotion and Decision MakingJennifer S. Lerner · 2015Uses the appraisal-tendency framework to specify emotion effects.
- 03Cognitive approaches to emotions2013A cognitive-science account of what emotions are and how they arise.
- 04Emotions Are RealLisa Feldman Barrett · 2012Theorizes emotions via socially shared conceptual knowledge, not fixed circuits.
- 05Nine sources of product emotion2007Synthesizes three theories of product affect into one structure.
- 06Feelings and Consumer Decision Making 1Seunghee Han, Jennifer S. Lerner · 2006Distinguishes specific emotions by their appraisal tendencies.
- 07The role of emotions in marketingElyria Kemp, Steven W. Kopp · 1999Differentiates emotion from affect, moods, and attitudes via appraisal theory.
- 08What's Basic About Basic Emotions?1990Questions the widespread assumption that discrete 'basic emotions' exist.
- 09The Philosophy of Emotions1989Surveys the long philosophical struggle over what an emotion really is.
- 10Mapping the Passions: Toward a High-Dimensional Taxonomy of Emotional Experience and Expression1985Argues the 'basic six' is too coarse; proposes a high-dimensional emotion space.
- 11Patterns of Cognitive Appraisal in EmotionCraig A. Smith, Phoebe C. Ellsworth · 1985Refines emotion theory via appraisal dimensions that distinguish emotions.
- 121 Fear, Emotion, and ScienceExamines the role and nature of emotion for affective computers.
- 13Approaching Awe, a Moral, Spiritual, and Aesthetic EmotionDacher Keltner, Jonathan HaidtDefines awe via perceived vastness and a need for accommodation.