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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449909403321

Titolo

Handbook of affective sciences [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard J. Davidson, Klaus R. Scherer, H. Hill Goldsmith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-83097-2

0-19-802912-8

0-19-530205-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1218 p.)

Collana

Series in affective science

Altri autori (Persone)

DavidsonRichard J

SchererKlaus R

GoldsmithH. Hill

Disciplina

152.4

Soggetti

Affect (Psychology)

Emotions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I. Neuroscience; Part II. Autonomic Psychophysiology; Part III. Genetics and Development; Part IV. Expression of Emotion; Part V. Cognitive Components of Emotion; Part VI. Personality; Part VII. Emotion and Social Processes; Part VIII. Evolutionary and Cultural Perspectives on Affect; Part IX. Emotion and Psychopathology; Part X. Emotion and Health; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a comprehensive roadmap to the burgeoning area of affective sciences, which now spans several disciplines. The Handbook brings together, for the first time, the various strands of inquiry and latest research in the scientific study of the relationship between the mechanisms of the brain and the psychology of mind. In recent years, scientists have made considerable advances in understanding how brain processes shape emotions and are changed by human emotion. Drawing on a wide range of neuroimaging techniques, neuropsychological assessment, and clinical research, scientists are be