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Emotion

Entries tagged emotion.

3 entries

The Cognitive Model of Emotion

It is not events that upset us but our interpretation of them, and systematic distortions in that interpretation produce distress.

7 min

Concept

The Universality of Facial Expressions

Paul Ekman's claim that a handful of basic emotions wear the same face in every culture, and the unsettled scientific fight over whether the evidence actually supports it.

7 min

Concept

Theories of Emotion

Four rival answers to a single question: does feeling come from the body, the brain, the label you give your arousal, or the meaning you assign to the situation.

8 min