Emotion and Consciousness (Paperback)

~ Lisa Feldman Barrett PhD (Editor), PhD Paula M. Niedenthal (Editor), Piotr Winkielman PhD (Editor)
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"The chapters in this wonderful book are informative, intelligent, and occasionally startling. Emotion and consciousness are two of psychology's hottest topics, and this book explores their collision. As you might expect, the bang is a big one."--Daniel Gilbert, PhD, Department of Psychology, Harvard University

"This book represents a blossoming-out of a number of important trends in thinking about emotions. Major issues related to unconscious and conscious processes in emotion--such as cognition-emotion interactions, affect induction, and embodiment in perception and thought--are examined in the context of closely reasoned and expertly executed research programs. Several chapters present promising developments of new research streams, substantially adding to insight and knowledge. Brimming with information, this is a well-written, challenging text for graduate-level students interested in current research areas and controversies in the field."--Nico H. Frijda, PhD, Department of Psychology (Emeritus), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"Although agreement remains scarce, emotions/m-/both conscious and unconscious/m-/are attracting unprecedented attention in human psychology. A banquet of theoretical perspectives is well shared in this stimulating volume, whose contributors seek to penetrate the scientific and philosophical mysteries of affective experience. Will be of interest to all those concerned with ongoing controversies in emotion studies."--Jaak Panksepp, PhD, Department of Psychology (Emeritus), Bowling Green State University; Affective Neuroscience Research Program, Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics, Northwestern University

"An important contribution to the wealth of work that has been recently published on the topic of emotion and consciousness."--Metapsychology Online Reviews

 

"Remarkable....A rich tapestry that includes crucial summaries of state-of-the-science research and theorizing and the articulation and interrogation of key assumptions in the field. The editors did a fine job of bringing coherence to a quite heterogeneous collection of theories, concepts, methods, and research findings by insisting that each chapter explicitly consider the same set of questions and by providing a detailed roadmap to the contributions that in itself is a model of what the new science of emotion can achieve....Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals."--Choice

 

"This book will recommend itself to anyone interested in neuropsychology, particularly because of its focus on emotion, which as an area of research has been rather neglected in favour of cognition. It brings together in once volume the diverse areas of research in the field, showing some of the commonality and progress towards a large-scale theory of emotion....This book will be of value to clinicians....This book makes interesting and challenging reading."--British Journal of Psychiatry

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Presenting state-of-the-art work on the conscious and unconscious processes involved in emotion, this integrative volume brings together leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers. Carefully organized, tightly edited chapters address such compelling questions as how bodily responses contribute to conscious experience, whether "unconscious emotion" exists, how affect is transmitted from one person to another, and how emotional responses are produced in the brain. Bringing a new level of coherence to lines of inquiry that often remain disparate, the book identifies key, cross-cutting ideas and themes and sets forth a cogent agenda for future research.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 420 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (January 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593854587
• ISBN-13: 978-1593854584
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #868,367 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, August 22, 2007

By	Third World (Bronx, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Probably the most insightful collection of essays I've ever come across on the subject. Its rather difficult to be laconic in this review. Kinda feel like you are leaving out too many things. The Editorial reviews are extremely eloquent in the book's appraisal. The Psychologists cover so many aspects of the Emotion and Consciousness discourse but some that I found most critical are: Unconscious Emotions, Core Affective States, Situated Conceptualization and Rule Based Processing. The Bibliography is outstanding as well. This is a must read.