Few areas have witnessed the type of growth we have seen in the
affective sciences in the past decades. Across psychology,
philosophy, economics, and neuroscience, there has been an
explosion of interest in the topic of emotion and affect.
Comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and easy-to-use, the new
Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences is an
indispensable resource for all who wish to find out about theories,
concepts, methods, and research findings in this rapidly growing
interdisciplinary field - one that brings together, amongst others,
psychologists, neuroscientists, social scientists, philosophers,
and historians. Organized by alphabetical entries, and presenting
brief definitions, concise overviews, and encyclopaedic articles
(all with extensive references to relevant publications), this
Companion lends itself to casual browsing by non-specialists
interested in the fascinating phenomena of emotions, moods, affect
disorders, and personality as well as to focused search for
pertinent information by students and established scholars in the
field. Not only does the book provide entries on affective
phenomena, but also on their neural underpinnings, their cognitive
antecedents and the associated responses in physiological systems,
facial, vocal, and bodily expressions, and action tendencies.
Numerous entries also consider the role of emotion in society and
social behavior, as well as in cognitive processes such as those
critical for perception, attention, memory, judgement and
decision-making. The volume has been edited by a group of
internationally leading authorities in the respective disciplines
consisting of two editors (David Sander and Klaus Scherer) as well
as group of 11 associate editors (John T. Cacioppo, Tim Dalgleish,
Robert Dantzer, Richard J. Davidson, Ronald B. de Sousa, Phoebe C.
Ellsworth, Nico Frijda, George Loewenstein, Paula M. Niedenthal,
Peter Salovey, and Richard A. Shweder). The members of the
editorial board have commissioned and reviewed contributions from
major experts on specific topics. In addition to comprehensive
coverage of technical terms and fundamental issues, the volume also
highlights current debates that inform the ongoing research
process. In addition, the Companion contains a wealth of material
on the role of emotion in applied domains such as economic
behaviour, music and arts, work and organizational behaviour,
family interactions and group dynamics, religion, law and justice,
and societal change. Highly accessible and wide-ranging, this book
is a vital resource for scientists, students, and professionals
eager to obtain a rapid, conclusive overview on central terms and
topics and anyone wanting to learn more about the mechanisms
underlying the emotions dominating many aspects of our lives.
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