Boo! The consciousness problem in emotion.
Cognition & Emotion August 28, 2018 DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2018.1515726 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Humans Emotions Consciousness Awareness Experience |
| Key points | Argues that emotion is emotional experience and that emotion researchers rarely study emotion itself. Proposes a research agenda for examining conscious emotional experience and contends that appraisal theory would be more relevant if appraisals were treated as components of a pre-reflective perceptual process rather than as causal antecedents of a self-reportable cognitive process. |
Abstract
This paper will examine the conscious aspects of emotion (i.e. emotional experience), arguably the defining features of emotion. I will argue that emotion IS emotional experience and, consequently, that emotion researchers rarely study emotion itself. I will suggest a research agenda for examining the conscious aspects of emotion and end with a consideration of appraisal theory and how it can be made more relevant to the study of emotion by treating appraisals as components of a pre-reflective perceptual process rather than as causal antecedents of a cognitive process that can be self-reported on.
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