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Published on: August 29, 2018
Improving theory, measurement, and reality to advance the future of emotion research
1a Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences , KU Leuven - University of Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
Abstract:
In this short contribution, I reflect on three domains I think are important to advance emotion research. The first concerns theoretical progress, which I hope will occur in the form of theoretical unification that will allow for a consensual definition and understanding of its main object of study. The second concerns measurement where in parallel to technological advances to measure behaviour and biology, particularly the measurement of experience deserves more attention. The third concerns reality, where I advocate the need to study real-world phenomena.
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