Biology and Emotion

by Neil McNaughton

Book Overview

The author describes an approach to the analysis of emotion that can be used independently of conventional emotion theories: that expression, feeling, and motivation can be considered in a scientific manner. As a central theme he argues that biological and, in particular, evolutionary considerations are useful in understanding the basic components of emotion, and he applies this idea to a wide variety of the phenomena of emotion. The resultant review...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521319382
• ISBN13: 9780521319386
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"