Emotion and Consciousness

by Lisa Feldman Barrett, Piotr Winkielman (Editor), Paula M. Niedenthal (Editor)

Presenting state-of-the-art work on the conscious and unconscious processes involved in emotion, this integrative volume brings together leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers. Carefully organized, tightly edited chapters address such compelling questions as how bodily responses contribute to conscious experience, whether "unconscious emotion" exists, how affect is transmitted from one person to another, and how emotional responses are produced in the brain. Bringing a new level of coherence to lines of inquiry that often remain disparate, the book identifies key, cross-cutting ideas and themes and sets forth a cogent agenda for future research.

Genres: Psychology, Emotion

420 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Neuroscientist, psychologist, and author of popular science books, including "How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain" and "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."

Reviews

[Jiang Qin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book informs scientific research progress about emotions. Makes me laugh at scientists: they can only know the function of a brain part by its damage. So maladroit!

The only useful I got from this book is citation from Aristotle: Emotions can be influenced by spritual effects such as humiliation or physical effects such as pain.

No wonder the ancient philosopher books are so important.

I would rather have a good automatic emotion than have ability to control emotions. Why the modern idiots are so keen on controlling and freedom of choice? All their works based on this mindset may well be rubbish, oh, how much of them!