The caldron of consciousness : motivation, affect and self-organization, an anthology

From a neuropsychological perspective, awareness of emotions is a complex function involving several components (perceptual decoding and conceptualization, memory and attention, and psychophysiological responses). Pathological conditions of the nervous system as well as certain experimental procedur...

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Main Authors Ellis, Ralph D., Newton, Natika
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co 2000
John Benjamins Publishing Company
John Benjamins
Edition1
SeriesAdvances in Consciousness Research
Subjects
Cognition and language
Cognitive psychology
Consciousness
Consciousness research
Emotions
Motivation (Psychology)
Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY / General
Self-organizing systems
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ISBN9027251363
9781556191961
9789027251367
1556191960
DOI10.1075/aicr.16

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Table of Contents:
  • THE CALDRON OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: The Centrality of Emotion -- Chapter 1. Integrating the Physiological and Phenomenological Dimensions of Affect and Motivation -- Chapter 2. Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System: The Neural Sources of Sadness and Joy -- Chapter 3. Consciousness, Motivation, and Emotion: Biopsychological Reflections -- Chapter 4. Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System: How Can Know How Feel -- PART II: Toward an Ecological Science of the Affective Sphere -- Chapter 5. The 'Mind'/'Body' Problem and First-Person Process: Three Types of Concepts -- Chapter 6. Dissolving Differences: How to Understand the Competing Approaches to Human Emotion -- Chapter 7. The Effect of Motivation on the Stream of Consciousness -- Chapter 8. Motivation and Emotion: An Interactive Process Model -- Chapter 9. Mind, Brain, and Chaos -- PART III: Emotional Learning and Development -- Chapter 10. Child Development and the Regulation of Affect and Cognition in Consciousness -- Chapter 11. Emotions: The Fetters of Instincts and the Promise of Dynamic Systems -- Chapter 12. Awareness of Emotions: A Neuropsychological Perspective -- Index -- the series ADVANCES IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH
  • List of Contributors --
  • Dissolving Differences --
  • Awareness of Emotions --
  • Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System --
  • Consciousness, Motivation, and Emotion --
  • Part II --
  • Part III --
  • Index
  • Motivation and Emotion --
  • Prelim pages --
  • Emotions --
  • Mind, Brain, and Chaos --
  • Part I --
  • Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System --
  • The ‘Mind’/‘Body’ Problem and First-Person Process --
  • Child Development and the Regulation of Affect and Cognition in Consciousness --
  • Table of contents --
  • Integrating the Physiological and Phenomenological Dimensions of Affect and Motivation --
  • Introduction --
  • The Effect of Motivation on the Stream of Consciousness --