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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • The core-affect system in animals influences behavioral dispositions.
  • Emotions in animals develop through ontogenetic processes.
  • Human language evolution is a key factor in understanding emotion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a model for emotion development in animals.
  • To investigate the impact of language on emotion regulation in humans.
  • To explore the relationship between emotion words and the categorization of human emotions.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of animal behavior and emotion ontogeny.
  • Evolutionary linguistics approach to human language development.
  • Conceptual analysis of emotion categorization and terminology.

Main Results:

  • Core affect and behavioral dispositions serve as developmental scaffolds for emotions in animals.
  • Human language evolution has significantly altered the control and categorization of emotions.
  • Specific emotion words are necessary to adequately capture human emotional categories.

Conclusions:

  • Emotion development in animals is scaffolded by innate systems and learned behaviors.
  • Human language provides a unique framework for complex emotional experiences and expression.
  • The evolution of language is intrinsically linked to the emergence of nuanced human emotions.