Cognition in Emotion: An Investigation Through Experiences With Art (Consciousness Literture & the Arts, 10) - Softcover

Roald, Tone

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9042023333 ISBN 13: 9789042023338

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Emotions are essential for human existence, both lighting the way toward the brightest of achievements and setting the course into the darkness of suffering. Not surprisingly, then, emotion research is currently one of the hottest topics in the field of psychology. Yet to divine the nature of emotion is a complex and extensive task. In this book emotions are approached thought an exploration of the nature of cognition in emotion; the nature of thoughts in feelings. Different approaches to emotions are explored, from brain research to research at the level of experience, and it is argued that all approaches must seriously take into account the experiential dimension. A qualitative study of experiences with art is therefore presented, as emotions and cognition are often expressed in experiences with art. It is the first study of its kind. Descriptions of various affective phenomena are then given which have significant implications for contemporary debates about emotions, resolving several contemporary controversies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9042023333
• ISBN 13: 9789042023338
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 129