Abstract
In this contribution, I examine several key publications on the physiology of emotions from the 1860s to the 1930s. I focus on physiologists who studied the emotions prior to and following William James's 1884 Mind article, by critically reflecting on the conceptual and practical origins and constituents of the Cannon-Bard thalamic theory of emotions. I offer a historical corrective to several major assumptions in our histories of the scientific study of emotions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13-20 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Emotion Review |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- history of emotions
- laboratory study of emotions
- science of emotions