Affective distinctiveness: Illusory or real?

Authors: Cacioppo, John T.¹; Berntson, Gary G.²

Source: Cognition and Emotion, Volume 21, Number 6, September 2007 , pp. 1347-1359(13)

Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

The contributions to this special issue illustrate the value of cognitive methods and theory in the study of affect. Together, this work makes a compelling case that it is time to move beyond the question of whether human affect and cognition represent completely independent constructs, and that there is much yet to be gleaned about affect from the perspective of cognitive science. Evidence that aspects of affect can be conceived as cognition leaves open the question of whether all aspects of affect are a special case of cognition. We pose a series of questions about whether all aspects of affect can be subsumed within cognition; and if not what the fundamental distinctions might be between affect and cognition, where and on what basis the line might be drawn between affect and cognition, what is the nature of the interactions between affect and cognition, and how are these processes implemented in the human nervous system.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699930701502262

Affiliations: 1: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 2: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Publication date: 2007-09-01

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