Elaborado con IA a partir del resumen de los autores
The Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences es un volumen de referencia enciclopédico que recopila definiciones, resúmenes y artículos extensos sobre emoción, afecto y fenómenos relacionados. Editado por David Sander y Klaus Scherer con 11 editores asociados expertos, la obra cubre teorías, conceptos, métodos y hallazgos de investigación en ciencias afectivas desde perspectivas de psicología, neurociencia, filosofía, economía e historia. Los artículos abordan fenómenos afectivos y sus sustratos neurales, antecedentes cognitivos, respuestas fisiológicas, expresiones faciales y vocales, así como el rol de la emoción en procesos cognitivos como percepción, atención, memoria y toma de decisiones. También examina la emoción en contextos aplicados: comportamiento económico, artes, trabajo, interacciones familiares, religión, derecho y cambio social.
Puntos clave
Las emociones y el afecto poseen sustratos neurobiológicos específicos, antecedentes cognitivos identificables y generan respuestas coordenadas en sistemas fisiológicos, expresión facial, vocal y corporal, además de tendencias de acción.
La emoción interviene críticamente en procesos cognitivos centrales como percepción, atención, memoria, juicio y toma de decisiones, no como factor secundario sino como mecanismo fundamental.
El rol de la emoción en contextos sociales y aplicados abarca comportamiento económico, interacciones familiares, dinámicas grupales, práctica del derecho, expresión artística y cambio social.
La obra organiza alfabéticamente definiciones y artículos con referencias extensas, accesible tanto para lectores no especializados como para estudiantes e investigadores que requieren búsqueda enfocada de información.
La investigación contemporánea en ciencias afectivas integra múltiples disciplinas: psicología, neurociencia, filosofía, ciencias sociales e historia, bajo liderazgo de expertos internacionalmente reconocidos.
Para quién: Estudiantes, psicólogos, neurocientíficos y profesionales de disciplinas aplicadas que necesitan información rápida, precisa y autorizada sobre teorías, mecanismos y aplicaciones de emoción y afecto en contextos científicos y sociales.
Resumen de los autores
Few areas have witnessed the type of growth we have seen in the affective sciences in the past decades. Across psychology, philosophy, economics, and neuroscience, there has been an explosion of interest in the topic of emotion and affect. Comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and easy-to-use, the new Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences is an indispensable resource for all who wish to find out about theories, concepts, methods, and research findings in this rapidly growing interdisciplinary field - one that brings together, amongst others, psychologists, neuroscientists, social scientists, philosophers, and historians. Organized by alphabetical entries, and presenting brief definitions, concise overviews, and encyclopaedic articles (all with extensive references to relevant publications), this Companion lends itself to casual browsing by non-specialists interested in the fascinating phenomena of emotions, moods, affect disorders, and personality as well as to focused search for pertinent information by students and established scholars in the field. Not only does the book provide entries on affective phenomena, but also on their neural underpinnings, their cognitive antecedents and the associated responses in physiological systems, facial, vocal, and bodily expressions, and action tendencies. Numerous entries also consider the role of emotion in society and social behavior, as well as in cognitive processes such as those critical for perception, attention, memory, judgement and decision-making. The volume has been edited by a group of internationally leading authorities in the respective disciplines consisting of two editors (David Sander and Klaus Scherer) as well as group of 11 associate editors (John T. Cacioppo, Tim Dalgleish, Robert Dantzer, Richard J. Davidson, Ronald B. de Sousa, Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Nico Frijda, George Loewenstein, Paula M. Niedenthal, Peter Salovey, and Richard A. Shweder). The members of the editorial board have commissioned and reviewed contributions from major experts on specific topics. In addition to comprehensive coverage of technical terms and fundamental issues, the volume also highlights current debates that inform the ongoing research process. In addition, the Companion contains a wealth of material on the role of emotion in applied domains such as economic behaviour, music and arts, work and organizational behaviour, family interactions and group dynamics, religion, law and justice, and societal change. Highly accessible and wide-ranging, this book is a vital resource for scientists, students, and professionals eager to obtain a rapid, conclusive overview on central terms and topics and anyone wanting to learn more about the mechanisms underlying the emotions dominating many aspects of our lives. Contributors to this volume - John T. Cacioppo, University of Chicago, UK Tim Dalgleish, Cambridge University, UK Robert Dantzer, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA Richard J. Davidson, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA Ronald B. de Sousa, University of Toronto, Canada Phoebe C. Ellsworth, University of Michigan, USA Nico Frijda, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Paula M. Niedenthal, University of Clermont-Ferrand II / CNRS, France Peter Salovey, Yale University, USA Richard A. Shweder, University of Chicago, USA
Sander, D., & Scherer, K. R. (2009).The Oxford companion to emotion and the affective sciences. University of Geneva. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:96524
