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Constant Bonard1

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Summary

Emotions involve an appraisal process that unconsciously represents evaluative properties. This finding integrates affective sciences, psychological theories, and empirical evidence on unconscious stimuli perception.

Area of Science:

  • Affective sciences
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Emotions are understood through appraisal processes.
  • Representation, evaluative properties, and unconsciousness are key concepts.
  • Existing theories conceptualize appraisals in emotion (neuro)psychology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To argue that normally elicited emotions involve unconscious representation of evaluative properties.
  • To synthesize agreement across affective sciences on emotion definitions.
  • To examine empirical evidence for unconscious affective states.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis drawing on affective sciences.
  • Review of (neuro)psychological theories of emotion.
  • Examination of empirical evidence on unconscious perception and emotion.

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