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Emotion

Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiological and neuropsychological changes, variously associated with subjective experiences such as thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is no scientific consensus on a definition.

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Emotion

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to history · 67
Emotion → AD, Adbhutam, Age, Anger, Aquinas, Aristotle, As, Australia, BC, Bharata Muni, Bharatanatyam, Bhayānakam, Bībhatsam, Compassion, David Hume, Descartes, Disgust, Eastern, Emotional, England
related to External links · 18
Emotion → About EmotionsW, Appleton, Bodily, Bradley, Cannon, Company, Dowden, Edward, Fieser, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, New York, OCLC, Philosophy, Stanford Encyclopedia, Theories, Zalta
related to Sociology · 17
Emotion → Attempts, Based, Emotions, Expectations, In, Jonathan Turner, One, People, Recent, Self, Some, The, These, Turner, Turner's, Two, When
related to Genetics · 14
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related to Etymology · 13
Emotion → Cicero's Tusculanae Disputationes, Dolet, English, French, However, In, In English, Instead, Latin, No, Some, The, Thomas Brown
related to Disciplinary approaches · 12
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related to Notable theorists · 11
Emotion → American, Carl Lange, Danish, Emotions, In, James, Lange, Silvan Tomkins, The, William James, Working
related to Basic emotions theory · 10
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related to Components · 10
Emotion → According, Action, Although, Bodily, Cognitive, CPM, Expression, Feelings, From, Scherer's Component Process Model
related to Cognitive theories · 9
Emotion → Emotions, He, Life, Meaning, Robert, Solomon, The Passions, These, With

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Emotionis aessential part of any human decision-making and planning0.90text
Emotionis aaction-oriented form of skillful engagement with the world0.90text
Emotionis apleasant or unpleasant mental state organized in the limbic system of the mammalian brain0.90text
Emotionis acornerstone of genres such as drama0.90text
thoughtsinstance ofvariously associated with subjective experiences0.80text
feelingsinstance ofvariously associated with subjective experiences0.80text
behavioral responsesinstance ofvariously associated with subjective experiences0.80text
and a degree of pleasure or displeasureinstance ofvariously associated with subjective experiences0.80text
pleasureinstance ofwhere affective states can also include emotion-related phenomena0.80text
paininstance ofwhere affective states can also include emotion-related phenomena0.80text
motivational statesinstance ofwhere affective states can also include emotion-related phenomena0.80text
factor analysis to attempt to map emotion-related responses onto a more limited number of dimensionsinstance ofto be generating these affects.Multi-dimensional analysis theoryPsychologists have used methods0.80text

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