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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811031903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-19-773559-2

1-280-83097-2

0-19-802912-8

0-19-530205-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2002.

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

A road-map to the burgeoning area of affective sciences, this text brings together the strands of inquiry and latest research in the scientific study of the relationship between the mechanisms of the brain and the psychology of mind.