Cognitive Science Perspectives on Personality and Emotion / Edition 1

by G. Matthews

Overview

This book aims to highlight the vigour, diversity and insight of the various cognitive science perspectives on personality and emotion. It aims also to emphasise the rigorous scientific basis for research to be found in the integration of experimental psychology with neuroscience, connectionism and the new evolutionary psychology. The contributors to this book provide a wide-ranging survey of leading-edge research topics. It is divided into three parts, on general frameworks for cognitive science, on perspectives from emotion research, and on perspectives from studies of personality traits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444824509
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/11/1997
Series:	Advances in Psychology , #124
Pages:	555
Product dimensions:	1.31(w) x 6.14(h) x 9.21(d)

Table of Contents

Part headings: Frameworks for Cognitive Science. Perspectives from Emotion Research. Perspectives from Personality Trait Research.

Editorial Reviews

Twelve chapter provide an overview of perspectives on personality and emotion, while emphasizing the rigorous scientific basis for research to be found in the integration of experimental psychology with neuroscience, connectionism, and evolutionary psychology. Among the topics discussed are: cognition as a quaternity of mind encompassing personality, emotion, motivation, and consciousness; different perspectives on connectionist models applied to memory; how the emotional content of stimuli can enhance or impede perceptual processing; the long term evolutionary adaptive significance of emotions; and cognitive bases for schizophrenia and schizotypal personalities. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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