Emotional Experience in the Computational Belief–Desire Theory of Emotion

Reisenzein, Rainer

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“…Ekman, 1972;Fisk, 2002;Izard, 1977;Plutchik, 1980;Roseman, 1996) which usually results in the interruption of ongoing thoughts and activities and motivates people to pay attention to the unexpected (e.g., Kunda et al, 1990;Meyer, Reisenzein, & Schützwohl, 1997;Ortony & Partridge, 1987;Schützwohl & Reisenzein, 1999). Distinct from emotions such as joy or fear, surprise does not presuppose the appraisal of the eliciting information as positive (motive-congruent) or negative (motive-incongruent), and the feeling of surprise is per se hedonically neutral rather than pleasant or unpleasant (Reisenzein, 2009). Meyer et al (1997) contended that the major evolutionary function of surprise is to monitor individuals' cognitive schemas by updating them in the face of unexpectedness.…”

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Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations

Prati

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Rubini

2015

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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Section: The Emotional Experience Of Surprisementioning

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Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations

Prati

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Rubini

2015

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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“…Furthermore, CBDTE explains what is distinctive about emotional experiences, what sets these experiences apart from others: Namely, that they are at core unique (i.e., specific to emotions) sensation-like experiences produced (directly or indirectly) by dedicated mechanisms. Finally, as argued in more detail in Reisenzein (2008), CBDTE is able to account for the intensity aspect of emotional experiences, as well as for their qualitative differences.…”

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Emotions as metarepresentational states of mind: Naturalizing the belief–desire theory of emotion

Reisenzein

2009

Cognitive Systems Research

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“…The Communicative Theory is close in spirit to the theories of Frijda (e.g., 2007Frijda (e.g., , 2009), Lazarus (e.g., 1991), Panksepp (1998), Reisenzein (2009), andStein, Trabasso, andLiwag (1993). With consideration for understanding emotional experience, our theory makes three postulates.…”

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Communications to Self and Others: Emotional Experience and its Skills

Oatley

2009

Emotion Review

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According to the Communicative Theory of Emotions, we experience emotions when events occur that are important for our goals and plans. A method of choice for studying these matters is the emotion diary. Emotions configure our cognitive systems and our relationships. Many of our emotions concern our relationships, and empathy is central to our experience of them. We do not always recognize our emotions or the emotions of others, but literary fiction can help improve our skills of recognition and understanding.We experience emotions in our selves, in our relationships with others, and when we read fiction or attend the theater. How should we understand these experiences? To answer this question, and some of those proposed by the editors of this special issue, I draw on the Communicative Theory of Emotions of Johnson-Laird (1987, 1996), which holds that emotions are communications to ourselves and others.I first describe the Communicative Theory, then discuss how emotions are important in empathetic coordination with other people. I go on to propose that emotion recognition, in ourselves and others, is a skill, and that by reading literary fiction, we can practice and improve it.The Communicative Theory is close in spirit to the theories of

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Emotional Experience in the Computational Belief–Desire Theory of Emotion

Cited by 101 publications

References 57 publications

Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations

Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations

Emotions as metarepresentational states of mind: Naturalizing the belief–desire theory of emotion

Communications to Self and Others: Emotional Experience and its Skills

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