Categorical Versus Dimensional Models of Affect: A Seminar on the Theories of Panksepp and Russell

One of the most important theoretical and empirical issues in the scholarly study of emotion is whether there is a correct list of "basic" types of affect or whether all affective states are better modeled as a combination of locations on shared underlying dimensions. Many thinkers have written on this topic, yet the views of two scientists in particular are dominant. The first is Jaak Panksepp, the father of Affective Neuroscience. Panksepp conceptualizes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027241570
• ISBN13: 9789027241573
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 350 Pages