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Author Ellis, Ralph D.

Title Curious emotions : roots of consciousness and personality in motivated action / Ralph D. Ellis.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 238 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 61
Advances in consciousness research ; v. 61. 1381-589X
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Curious Emotions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Preconscious emotional intentionality; 2. Motivated attention in action; 3. Non-consummatory motivations; 4. Homeostasis, extropy, and boundary needs as grounding specific emotions; 5. Varieties of extended self and personality; 6. Learning about emotions through the arts; 7. Dynamical systems and emotional agency; Conclusion; References; Index; The series Advances in Consciousness Research.
Summary Emotion drives all cognitive processes, largely determining their qualitative feel, their structure, and in part even their content. Action-initiating centers deep in the emotional brain ground our understanding of the world by enabling us to imagine how we could act relative to it, based on endogenous motivations to engage certain levels of energy and complexity. Thus understanding personality, cognition, consciousness and action requires examining the workings of dynamical systems applied to emotional processes in living organisms. If an object's meaning depends on its action affordances, th.
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Subject Consciousness.
Consciousness.
Emotions.
Emotions.
Motivation (Psychology)
Motivation (Psychology)
Self-organizing systems.
Self-organizing systems.
Consciousness.
Emotions.
Motivation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ellis, Ralph D. Curious emotions. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005 (DLC) 2004062771
ISBN 9789027294555 (electronic book)
9027294550 (electronic book)
9781588116284
158811628X
158811628X