Curious emotions : roots of consciousness and personality in motivated action /
Emotion drives all cognitive processes, largely determining their qualitative feel, their structure, and in part even their content. Action-initiating centers deep in the emotional brain ground our understanding of the world by enabling us to imagine how we could act relative to it, based on endogen...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
2005.
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Series: | Advances in consciousness research ;
v. 61. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Curious Emotions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Preconscious emotional intentionality; 2. Motivated attention in action; 3. Non-consummatory motivations; 4. Homeostasis, extropy, and boundary needs as grounding specific emotions; 5. Varieties of extended self and personality; 6. Learning about emotions through the arts; 7. Dynamical systems and emotional agency; Conclusion; References; Index; The series Advances in Consciousness Research.