Abstract
We suggest that, in animals, the core-affect system is linked to partially assimilated behavioral dispositions that act as developmental scaffolds for the ontogenetic construction of emotions. We also propose that in humans the evolution of language altered the control of emotions, leading to categories that can be adequately captured only by emotion-words.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 154-155 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Jun 2012 |