ReviewAffective science2023
Beyond Nature Versus Nurture: the Emergence of Emotion.
Review in Affective science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- The expression of self-conscious emotions and their motivational and communicative function in early development.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026Review
- Systems and Molecular Biology of Longevity and Preventive Medicine: Brain-Energy-Microbiome-Exposome Synergies in Blue Zones and the Cilento Case.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Multicomponent approach reveals differences in affective responses among children and adolescents.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Naturalistic multimodal emotion data with deep learning can advance the theoretical understanding of emotion.Psychological research · 2024Review
- Affectivism and the Emotional Elephant: How a Componential Approach Can Reconcile Opposing Theories to Serve the Future of Affective Sciences.Affective science · 2024Article
- Feelings are Messy: The Feelings We Study in Affective Science Should Be Too.Affective science · 2024Review
- A Developmental Psychobiologist's Commentary on the Future of Affective Science.Affective science · 2024Article
- The Future of Affective Science: Introduction to the Special Issue.Affective science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Affective science is stuck in a version of the nature-versus-nurture debate, with theorists arguing whether emotions are evolved adaptations or psychological constructions. We do not see these as mutually exclusive options. Many adaptive behaviors that humans have evolved to be good at, such as walking, emerge during development - not according to a genetically dictated program, but through interactions between the affordances of the body, brain, and environment. We suggest emotions are the same. As developing humans acquire increasingly complex goals and learn optimal strategies for pursuing those goals, they are inevitably pulled to particular brain-body-behavior states that maximize outcomes and self-reinforce via positive feedback loops. We call these recurring, self-organized states
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