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List of Figures | |
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List of Tables | |
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List of Boxes | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction to Emotion Science | |
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Different frameworks to study emotion | |
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Neuroscience and cognitive approaches | |
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The subject matter of emotion science | |
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Defining affect: emotions, moods and feelings | |
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Affect-cognition interactions | |
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Controversies in emotion science | |
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Plan of this book | |
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The Nature and Measurement of Emotions, Moods and Feelings | |
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Defining emotions and moods | |
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Mood | |
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Distinguishing moods and emotions | |
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The measurement of affect | |
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Measuring emotions | |
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Measuring moods | |
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The experience of emotions and moods | |
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What and how do we feel? | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Individual Differences in Emotional Reactivity and Regulation: Temperament, Personality and Affective Style | |
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Temperament | |
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Personality | |
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Affective style | |
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Affect regulation strategies | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Categorical Approaches to the Structure of Affect | |
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Emotions as discrete categories | |
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Criteria for basic emotions | |
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Overview of empirical evidence for discrete emotions | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Dimensional Approaches to the Structure of Affect | |
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A dimensional view of affect | |
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What do we mean by dimensions? | |
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Criteria for identifying general dimensions of affect | |
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Overview of empirical evidence for dimensions | |
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Comparing discrete and dimensional approaches | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Affect-Cognition Relations: Perception, Attention and Judgment | |
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The return of affect in psychology and neuroscience | |
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The interaction of affect and cognition | |
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Processing of affective information: empirical data | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Affect-Cognition Relations: Memory | |
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Are affective events better remembered than neutral events? | |
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Does affect influence memory by means of arousal or valence? | |
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Does affect influence memory at encoding, consolidation or retrieval? | |
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Do mood states influence memory? | |
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Does the type of mood make a difference to memory? | |
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Are positive and negative moods associated with different information-processing strategies? | |
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Theoretical accounts of mood and memory interactions | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Individual Differences in Emotional Processing | |
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Do cognitive biases influence emotional reactivity? | |
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An overview of empirical evidence | |
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Interactions between personality traits, emotions and mood states | |
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Perception and attention | |
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Memory | |
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Interpretation and judgment | |
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Neural reactivity | |
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Genetic determinants of individual differences in emotionality | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Determinants of Emotional Disorders | |
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Risk factors for anxiety and depression | |
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Environmental events | |
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Temperament and personality | |
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Neurobiological factors | |
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Cognitive factors | |
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Genetic factors | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Determinants of Resilience and Well-Being | |
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Resilience to stress | |
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Happiness and well-being | |
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Temperamental and personality factors | |
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Cognitive and neurobiological factors | |
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Neurobiological mechanisms | |
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Chapter summary | |
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Theoretical Overview | |
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Key aspects of emotion science | |
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Seven sins in the study of emotion | |
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Multiple levels of analysis | |
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A unifying frameword | |
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Integrating neurobiological and cognitive models of affect | |
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Translating basic emotion science to clinical practice | |
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Summary | |
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Chapter summary | |
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References | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |