John Benjamins Publishing Company
Awareness of Emotions
Abstract
From a neuropsychological perspective, awareness of emotions is a complex function involving several components (perceptual decoding and conceptualization, memory and attention, and psychophysiological responses). Pathological conditions of the nervous system as well as certain experimental procedures in healthy persons may induce dissociations of these components. It is suggested that perceptual awareness of an emotional stimulus requires a correct stimulus identification as well as input monitoring. Awareness of experiential qualities is a more global function involving integration of interoceptive information, formation of emotional schemas or concepts, and recall of episodic memory of past emotions. Perceptual awareness of internal or external stimulus events can be defined and measured by means of psychophysical methods. Experiental qualities, however, are difficult to assess in a reductionist/physicalist framework.
Abstract
From a neuropsychological perspective, awareness of emotions is a complex function involving several components (perceptual decoding and conceptualization, memory and attention, and psychophysiological responses). Pathological conditions of the nervous system as well as certain experimental procedures in healthy persons may induce dissociations of these components. It is suggested that perceptual awareness of an emotional stimulus requires a correct stimulus identification as well as input monitoring. Awareness of experiential qualities is a more global function involving integration of interoceptive information, formation of emotional schemas or concepts, and recall of episodic memory of past emotions. Perceptual awareness of internal or external stimulus events can be defined and measured by means of psychophysical methods. Experiental qualities, however, are difficult to assess in a reductionist/physicalist framework.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of Contributors vii
- Introduction ix
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Part I
- Integrating the Physiological and Phenomenological Dimensions of Affect and Motivation 3
- Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System 27
- Consciousness, Motivation, and Emotion 55
- Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System 91
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Part II
- The ‘Mind’/‘Body’ Problem and First-Person Process 109
- Dissolving Differences 119
- The Effect of Motivation on the Stream of Consciousness 133
- Motivation and Emotion 161
- Mind, Brain, and Chaos 179
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Part III
- Child Development and the Regulation of Affect and Cognition in Consciousness 205
- Emotions 223
- Awareness of Emotions 243
- Index 271
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of Contributors vii
- Introduction ix
-
Part I
- Integrating the Physiological and Phenomenological Dimensions of Affect and Motivation 3
- Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System 27
- Consciousness, Motivation, and Emotion 55
- Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System 91
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Part II
- The ‘Mind’/‘Body’ Problem and First-Person Process 109
- Dissolving Differences 119
- The Effect of Motivation on the Stream of Consciousness 133
- Motivation and Emotion 161
- Mind, Brain, and Chaos 179
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Part III
- Child Development and the Regulation of Affect and Cognition in Consciousness 205
- Emotions 223
- Awareness of Emotions 243
- Index 271
