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Handbook of Emotions

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Recognized as the definitive reference, this handbook brings together leading experts from multiple psychological subdisciplines to examine one of today's most dynamic areas of research. Coverage encompasses the biological and neuroscientific underpinnings of emotions, as well as developmental, social and personality, cognitive, and clinical perspectives. The volume probes how people understand, experience, express, and perceive affective phenomena and explores connections to behavior and health across the lifespan. Concluding chapters present cutting-edge work on a range of specific emotions. Illustrations include 10 color plates.

New to This Edition
*Chapters on the mechanisms, processes, and influences that contribute to emotions (such as genetics, the brain, neuroendocrine processes, language, the senses of taste and smell).
*Chapters on emotion in adolescence, older age, and in neurodegenerative dementias.
*Chapters on facial expressions and emotional body language.
*Chapters on stress, health, gratitude, love, and empathy.
*Many new authors and topics; extensively revised with the latest theoretical and methodological innovations.

928 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

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Lisa Feldman Barrett

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Neuroscientist, psychologist, and author of popular science books, including "How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain" and "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."

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May 30, 2017
I absolutely adore this book. It's one of my go-to books for affect theory.
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May 14, 2017
Excellent book. Well worth reading.
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September 21, 2021
Absolutely essential if you want to know the new paradigms in the emotions research.
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March 12, 2020
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October 24, 2010
Looking for background to validate my theory on emotional economics...
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October 20, 2009
An excellent contemporary reference on the psychology of emotions, with sections on neurology, development, social psychology, personality, cognition, and health.
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