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Informationen zum Autor Annett Schirmer completed an undergraduate degree in psychology in 1999 at Leipzig University, Germany’s second-oldest university and where psychology was first established as an academic discipline. She obtained her doctorate in life sciences from Leipzig University in 2002 for research she completed at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Dr. Schirmer’s subsequent professional career took her to the United States and later to Singapore, where she is now an associate professor of psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). At NUS, she directs an active lab in which undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students conduct research in the area of affective and social neuroscience. More specifically, Dr. Schirmer and her students address questions about the mental and neural underpinnings of emotional communication. Dr. Schirmer teaches a wide range of topics including emotions, cognition, communication, and neuroscience. She has won teaching awards for both undergraduate and graduate teaching. Klappentext Emotion is a comprehensive text that integrates traditional psychological theories and cutting-edge neuroscience research to explain the nature and role of emotions in human functioning. Written in an engaging style, the book explores emotions at the behavioral, physiological, mental, and neurofunctional (i.e., chemical, metabolic, and structural) levels, and examines each in a broad context, touching on different theoretical perspectives, regulatory processes, development, and culture, among others. Providing greater insight and depth than existing texts, the book offers a holistic view of the field, giving students a broader understanding of the mechanisms underlying emotions and enabling them to appreciate the role emotions play in their lives. In dedicated chapters, the text covers past and current theories of emotion, individual emotions and their bodily representation, the role of emotions for behavior and cognition, as well as interindividual differences. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive text integrates cutting-edge neuroscience research and traditional psychological theories on emotions. Written in an engaging format! the book enables readers to appreciate the role emotions play in their lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Emotion Theories from Antiquity to Modernity Chapter 1: The Passions of the Soul: Early Emotion Theories Chapter 2: Brain and Thought Processes as Antecedents to Emotion: Emotion Theories of the 20th century Chapter 3: What Is an Emotion? Modern Thoughts and Concepts Part II: Foundations for Emotion Research Chapter 4: Biological Foundations Chapter 5: Methodological Foundations I: Eliciting Emotions Chapter 6: Methodological Foundations II: Exploring Emotions Part III: Emotions Chapter 7: Joy and Positive Emotions Chapter 8: Sadness Chapter 9: Fear Part IV: Emotions and Other Mental Processes Chapter 10: Emotion Effects on Cognition Chapter 11: Emotion Regulation Part V: Intra- and Inter-individual Differences in Emotion Chapter 12: Emotions Across the Lifespan Chapter 13: Emotions and Sex Differences Chapter 14: Emotions and Culture ...
