Emotion Explained Paperback / softback
by Edmund T. Rolls
Part of the Series in Affective Science series
Paperback / softback
Description
What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions? Why do emotional states feel like something? This book seeks explanations of emotion by considering these questions.
Emotion continues to be a topic of enormous scientific interest. 'Emotion Explained' describes the nature, functions, and brain mechanisms that underlie both emotion and motivation.
However it goes beyond examining brain mechanisms of emotion, by proposing a theory of what emotions are, and an evolutionary, Darwinian, theory of the adaptive value of emotion.
It also shows that there is a clear relationship between motivation and emotion.
The book also examines how cognitive states can modulate emotions, and in turn, how emotions can influence cognitive states.
It considers the role of sexual selection in the evolution of affective behaviour.
It also examines emotion and decision making, with links to the burgeoning field of neuroeconomics.
The book is also unique in considering emotion at several levels - the neurophysiological, neuroimaging, neuropsychological, behavioural, and computational neuroscience levels.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:626 pages, 16 pp colour plates, halftones, numerous line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:26/04/2007
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- ISBN:9780198570042
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:626 pages, 16 pp colour plates, halftones, numerous line drawings
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:26/04/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198570042
