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Need for more evolutionary and developmental perspective on basic emotional mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2012

Glenn Weisfeld  and
Peter LaFreniere
Glenn Weisfeld
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202. weisfeld@sun.science.wayne.edu www.clas.wayne.edu/unit-faculty-detail.asp?FacultyID=402
Peter LaFreniere
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. peter_lafreniere@umit.maine.edu
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Abstract

Lindquist et al.'s meta-analysis focuses on adult humans; the authors' emotion model might be strengthened by considering research on infants and animals, highlighting the importance of the limbic system. Reliance on the James–Lange theory is questionable; emotions typically occur instantaneously, with dubious dependence on bodily feedback for affect. Stronger evidence for localization might be obtained using more precise emotion terms and alterative localization methods.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , pp. 171 - 172
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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