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The biological affects: a typology.

R Buck1

  • 1Department of Communication Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA. buck@uconnvm.uconn.edu

Psychological Review
|June 23, 1999
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This study presents a biological affects typology, linking subjective feelings and desires to neurochemical systems and brain structures. It explores both individualistic and prosocial functions of affects, forming the basis for complex emotions.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Biology

Background:

  • Affects, or subjective feelings and desires, are rooted in interoceptive perceptual systems.
  • These systems are based on primordial molecules that define neurochemicals.
  • Biological affects are linked to primary motivational-emotional systems (primes) within hierarchical neurochemical brain systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a typology of biological affects.
  • To elucidate the developmental-interactionist theory of motivation, emotion, and cognition.
  • To differentiate the individualistic and prosocial functions of affects.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical framework based on developmental-interactionist theory.
  • Analysis of neurochemical systems and brain structures (subcortical and paleocortical).

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  • Examination of affect functions: arousal, approach-avoidance, agonistic, and cooperative.

    • Main Results:

    • Biological affects involve subcortical (reptilian) and paleocortical (limbic) brain structures.
    • Affects serve both individualistic (selfish) and prosocial (cooperative) functions.
    • Hemispheric lateralization observed, with right hemisphere linked to selfish functions and left to cooperative functions.

    Conclusions:

    • Biological affects are the physiological foundation for higher-level social, cognitive, and moral affects.
    • Understanding biological affects is crucial for comprehending complex human emotions and behaviors.
    • The proposed typology offers a framework for future research in affective neuroscience and psychology.