The caldron of consciousness : motivation, affect and self-organization - an anthology / edited by Ralph D. Ellis, Natika Newton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ellis, Ralph D.

Newton, Natika.

Series:

Advances in consciousness research ; v. 16.

Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Emotions.

Motivation (Psychology).

Self-organizing systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins Pub, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From a neuropsychological perspective, awareness of emotions is a complex function involving several components (perceptual decoding and conceptualization, memory and attention, and psychophysiological responses). Pathological conditions of the nervous system as well as certain experimental procedures in healthy persons may induce dissociations of these components. It is suggested that perceptual awareness of an emotional stimulus requires a correct stimulus identification as well as input monitoring. Awareness of experiential qualities is a more global function involving integration of interoceptive information, formation of emotional schemas or concepts, and recall of episodic memory of past emotions. Perceptual awareness of internal or external stimulus events can be defined and measured by means of psychophysical methods. Experiental qualities, however, are difficult to assess in a reductionist/physicalist framework.

Contents:

THE CALDRON OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

PART I: The Centrality of Emotion

Chapter 1. Integrating the Physiological and Phenomenological Dimensions of Affect and Motivation

Chapter 2. Affective Consciousness and the Instinctual Motor System: The Neural Sources of Sadness and Joy

Chapter 3. Consciousness, Motivation, and Emotion: Biopsychological Reflections

Chapter 4. Conscious Emotion in a Dynamic System: How Can Know How Feel

PART II: Toward an Ecological Science of the Affective Sphere

Chapter 5. The 'Mind'/'Body' Problem and First-Person Process: Three Types of Concepts

Chapter 6. Dissolving Differences: How to Understand the Competing Approaches to Human Emotion

Chapter 7. The Effect of Motivation on the Stream of Consciousness

Chapter 8. Motivation and Emotion: An Interactive Process Model

Chapter 9. Mind, Brain, and Chaos

PART III: Emotional Learning and Development

Chapter 10. Child Development and the Regulation of Affect and Cognition in Consciousness

Chapter 11. Emotions: The Fetters of Instincts and the Promise of Dynamic Systems

Chapter 12. Awareness of Emotions: A Neuropsychological Perspective

Index

the series ADVANCES IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612254901

9789027299963

902729996X

9780585461205

0585461201

9781282254909

1282254901