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The Emotional Mind: A Control Theory of Affective States - Cochrane, Tom
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In this book, Tom Cochrane develops a new control theory of the emotions and related affective states. Grounded in the basic principle of negative feedback control, his original account outlines a new fundamental kind of mental content called 'valent representation'. Upon this foundation, Cochrane constructs new models for emotions, pains and pleasures, moods, expressive behaviours, evaluative reasoning, personality traits and long-term character commitments. These various states are presented as increasingly sophisticated ...

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The Emotional Mind: A Control Theory of Affective States 2021, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781108453059

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The Emotional Mind: A Control Theory of Affective States 2019, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781108429672

Hardcover