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... a wealth of well-presented empirical findings, rich theorising and thought-provoking debate. The book should serve as an excellent summary of the current status of this fascinating and useful area and deserves to be widely read by any who are interested in the relation between cognition and emotion, in particular, perhaps, by those involved in the development of cognitive treatments for emotional disorders. The Psychologist Emotion, Evolution and Rationality does an excellent job at clarifying the confusion surrounding an important area of evolutionary psychology - why emotions have evolved in humans. The Psychologist
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`Review from previous edition ' a pop science classic'' John Walsh, Independent on Sunday
`Evans provides a charming crash course on human sentiments' The Times, 16/02/2002
`a fun little book . . .Highly accessible, this little gem deserves to sell well . . . student friendly . . . excellent introductory book' Simon Baron-Cohen, Nature
`readable and thought provoking account' Susan Aldridge, Focus
`This book is a charming primer on the up-and-coming science of emotions.' James Kingsland New Scientist
`An admirably clear, intelligent and witty introduction' Steven Poole, Guardian
`a wealth of good sense backed by evidence' Marek Kohn, Evening Standard
`a witty little book' Iain Finlayson, The Times
`At last, an accessible and fascinating account of a neglected aspect of our mental lives.' Lewis Wolpert, author of "Malignant Sadness" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
`Evans provides a charming crash course on human sentiments' The Times, 16/02/2002
`a fun little book . . .Highly accessible, this little gem deserves to sell well . . . student friendly . . . excellent introductory book' Simon Baron-Cohen, Nature
`readable and thought provoking account' Susan Aldridge, Focus
`This book is a charming primer on the up-and-coming science of emotions.' James Kingsland New Scientist
`An admirably clear, intelligent and witty introduction' Steven Poole, Guardian
`a wealth of good sense backed by evidence' Marek Kohn, Evening Standard
`a witty little book' Iain Finlayson, The Times
`At last, an accessible and fascinating account of a neglected aspect of our mental lives.' Lewis Wolpert, author of "Malignant Sadness" --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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After a long period of neglect neuroscience has turned its attention to the elucidation of emotion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
epistemic landscape, elicitation files, distaste response, umbrella view, nomological view, unjustified emotions, demeaning offence, aggression signals, core relational theme, hybrid view, intentional psychology, intentional effects, anger condition, emotional appraisal, paternal genes, virtue epistemology, anger incidents, amygdala damage, appraisal theory, appraisal mechanism, facial expression recognition, amygdala lesions, human amygdala, unreasonable anger, body input Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Big Six, William James, Brain Research, Academic Press, Psychological Review, Harvard University Press, Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychological Science, Philosophy of Science, Princeton University Press, Guilford Press, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Peter Goldie, Psychological Bulletin, University of Chicago Press, American Psychologist, Antonio Damasio, Chicago University Press, Child Development, John Wiley, Nature Neuroscience New!
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After a long period of neglect neuroscience has turned its attention to the elucidation of emotion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
epistemic landscape, elicitation files, distaste response, umbrella view, nomological view, unjustified emotions, demeaning offence, aggression signals, core relational theme, hybrid view, intentional psychology, intentional effects, anger condition, emotional appraisal, paternal genes, virtue epistemology, anger incidents, amygdala damage, appraisal theory, appraisal mechanism, facial expression recognition, amygdala lesions, human amygdala, unreasonable anger, body input Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Big Six, William James, Brain Research, Academic Press, Psychological Review, Harvard University Press, Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychological Science, Philosophy of Science, Princeton University Press, Guilford Press, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Peter Goldie, Psychological Bulletin, University of Chicago Press, American Psychologist, Antonio Damasio, Chicago University Press, Child Development, John Wiley, Nature Neuroscience New!
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- The Philosophy of Science (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by David Papineau in Front Matter, and page 105
- Social Psychology by Eliot R. Smith on page 129, and page 207
- Reality and Representation (Philosophical Theory) by David Papineau on page 104
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