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Parsing affective space: Perspectives from neuropsychology and psychophysiology
Neuropsychology
Short Title: Parsing affective space
Format: Journal Article
Publication Year: 1993
Pages: 464-475
Library/Archive: (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved
Sources ID: 22668
Visibility: Private
Zotero Collections: Contexts of Contemplation Project
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Reviews selective behavioral, psychophysiological, and neuropsychological research bearing on how affective space should be parsed. Neither facial expression nor autonomic nervous system activity is found to provide unique markers for particular discrete emotions. The dimensions of approach and withdrawal are introduced as fundamental systems relevant to differentiating affective space. The role of frontal and anterior temporal asymmetries in mediating approach- and withdrawal-related emotion is considered. Individual differences in tonic anterior activation asymmetry are present and are relatively stable over time. Such differences are associated with an individual's propensity to display different types of emotion, mood, and psychopathology. The conceptual and methodological implications of this perspective are considered.

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