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When emotion and cognition do (not) work together: Delusions as emotional and executive dysfunctions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Valentina Petrolini
Valentina Petrolini*
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University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0374. petrolva@mail.uc.edu http://valentinapetrolini.weebly.com
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Abstract

In this commentary, I argue that the cognitive-emotional framework put forward by Pessoa (2013) can be successfully applied to psychopathology and, in particular, to the reasoning of delusional subjects. More specifically, I show that the notion of executive competition (Ch. 7) offers a significant contribution to the idea that delusions may involve both executive and emotional dysfunctions.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e84
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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