Curious emotions : roots of consciousness and personality in motivated action /

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Author / Creator:	Ellis, Ralph D.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 238 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in consciousness research, 1381-589X ; v. 61 Advances in consciousness research ; v. 61.
Subject:	Consciousness. Emotions. Motivation (Psychology) Self-organizing systems. Consciousness. Emotions. Motivation. Consciousness. Emotions. Motivation. Consciousness. Emotions. Motivation (Psychology) Self-organizing systems. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11145846

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ISBN:	9789027294555 9027294550 9781588116284 158811628X 9789027251978 9027251975 158811628X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Emotion drives all cognitive processes, largely determining their qualitative feel, their structure, and in part even their content. Action-initiating centers deep in the emotional brain ground our understanding of the world by enabling us to imagine how we could act relative to it, based on endogenous motivations to engage certain levels of energy and complexity. Thus understanding personality, cognition, consciousness and action requires examining the workings of dynamical systems applied to emotional processes in living organisms. If an object's meaning depends on its action affordances, th.
Other form:	Print version: Ellis, Ralph D. Curious emotions. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005

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