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Emotional States, Attention, and Working Memory

A Special Issue of Cognition & Emotion

Emotional States, Attention, and Working Memory
  • Edited by Nazanin Derakhshan, and Michael Eysenck.

Published March 2010

This Special Issue is concerned with the effects of three emotional states (positive affect; anxiety; and depression) on performance. More specifically, the contributors focus on the potential mediating effects of attention and of executive processes of working memory. The evidence discussed…
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Cognition & Emotion

Reviews of Current Research and Theories

Cognition & Emotion
  • Edited by Jan De Houwer, and Dirk Hermans.

Published March 2010

Emotions are complex and multifaceted phenomena. Although they have been examined from a variety of perspectives, the study of the interaction between cognition and emotion has always occupied a unique position within emotion research. Many philosophers and psychologists have been fascinated by the…
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Individual Differences in Emotion Components and Dynamics

A Special Issue of Cognition & Emotion

Individual Differences in Emotion Components and Dynamics
  • Edited by Peter Kuppens, Jeroen Stouten and Batja Mesquita.

Published November 2009

Our emotions define us as individuals: Each of us has unique ways of feeling and emotionally responding. In this Special Issue several contemporary approaches to emotion are used to gain insight in the ways people differ with regard to two of the most central features of emotions, their…
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Emotions in Neurological Disease

A Special Issue of Neurocase

Emotions in Neurological Disease
  • Edited by Howard J. Rosen, and Robert W. Levenson.

Published July 2009

The effect of neurological disease on emotional function has been a relatively neglected area of study in the modern era. Yet many forms of neurological diseases cause a variety of symptoms ranging from depression, anxiety, loss of motivation, loss of empathy, and emotional lability, with major…
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Delusion and Self-Deception

Affective and Motivational Influences on Belief Formation

Delusion and Self-Deception
  • Edited by Tim Bayne, and Jordi Fernández.

Published December 2008

This collection of essays focuses on the interface between delusions and self-deception. As pathologies of belief, delusions and self-deception raise many of the same challenges for those seeking to understand them. Are delusions and self-deception entirely distinct phenomena, or might some forms…
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Flashbulb Memories

New Issues and New Perspectives

Flashbulb Memories
  • Edited by Olivier Luminet, and Antonietta Curci.

Published November 2008

We all have memories of highly emotional personal and public events that may have happened some years ago but which are felt as strongly as if they happened yesterday. We remember where they happened, the people who were with us, and seemingly irrelevant details such as the weather, particular…
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Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment

A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion

Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment
  • Edited by Andy P. Field, Sam Cartwright-Hatton, Shirley Reynolds and Cathy Creswell.

Published May 2008

Despite the negative impact of anxiety in children, theories and research have lagged behind their adult counterparts. This special issue arose from an Economic and Social Research Council funded seminar series (Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment, CATTS). It highlights four themes in theories and…
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The Behavioural and Emotional Complications of Traumatic Brain Injury

The Behavioural and Emotional Complications of Traumatic Brain Injury
  • By Simon F. Crowe.

Published February 2008

It is difficult to imagine what it must be like for someone following the personal crisis and catastrophe that ensues as a result of a serious traumatic brain injury (TBI). The individual is confronted with a huge range of alterations in his or her normal functioning, operating at the…
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Cognition and Emotion

From Order to Disorder

Cognition and Emotion
  • By Mick Power, and Tim Dalgleish.

Published November 2007

The relationship between thinking and feeling has puzzled philosophers for centuries, but more recently has become a dominant focus in psychology and in the brain sciences. This second edition of the highly praised Cognition and Emotion examines everything from past philosophical to current…
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How Distinctive is Affective Processing?

A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion

How Distinctive is Affective Processing?
  • Edited by Andreas. B Eder, Bernhard Hommel and Jan De Houwer.

Published September 2007

Influential theories on affect and emotion propose a fundamental differentiation between emotion and cognition, and research paradigms designed to test them focus on differences rather than similarities between affective and cognitive processes. This research orientation is increasingly challenged…
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