Clarifying the Conceptualization, Dimensionality, and Structure of Emotion: Response to Barrett and Colleagues

Publication date: Available online 21 February 2018
Source:Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Author(s): Alan S. Cowen, Dacher Keltner
We present a mathematically based framework distinguishing the dimensionality, structure, and conceptualization of emotion-related responses. Our recent findings indicate that reported emotional experience is high-dimensional, involves gradients between categories traditionally thought of as discrete (e.g., 'fear', 'disgust'), and cannot be reduced to widely used domain-general scales (valence, arousal, etc.). In light of our conceptual framework and findings, we address potential methodological and conceptual confusions in Barrett and colleagues' commentary on our work.



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