Emotions of Animals and Humans [electronic resource] : Comparative Perspectives / edited by Shigeru Watanabe, Stan Kuczaj.
Material type: TextSeries: The Science of the MindPublisher: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013Edition: 1st ed. 2013Description: XIV, 286 p. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9784431541233Subject(s): Behavioral sciences | Zoology | Developmental psychology | Neuropsychology | Philosophy | Artificial intelligence | Behavioral Sciences | Zoology | Developmental Psychology | Neuropsychology | Philosophy, general | Artificial IntelligenceAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 591.5 LOC classification: QL750-795Online resources: Click here to access online In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to emotion, with contributions from biologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, robot engineers, and artists. A wide range of emotional phenomena is discussed, including the notion that humans’ sophisticated sensibility, as evidenced by our aesthetic appreciation of the arts, is based at least in part on a basic emotional sensibility that is found in young children and perhaps even some non-human animal species. As a result, this book comprises a unique comparative perspective on the study of emotion. A number of chapters consider emotions in a variety of animal groups, including fish, birds, and mammals. Other chapters expand the scope of the book to humans and robots. Specific topics covered in these chapters run the gamut from lower-level emotional activity, such as emotional expression, to higher-level emotional activity, such as altruism, love, and aesthetics. Taken as a whole, the book presents manifold perspectives on emotion and provides a solid foundation for future multidisciplinary research on the nature of emotions.Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to emotion, with contributions from biologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, robot engineers, and artists. A wide range of emotional phenomena is discussed, including the notion that humans’ sophisticated sensibility, as evidenced by our aesthetic appreciation of the arts, is based at least in part on a basic emotional sensibility that is found in young children and perhaps even some non-human animal species. As a result, this book comprises a unique comparative perspective on the study of emotion. A number of chapters consider emotions in a variety of animal groups, including fish, birds, and mammals. Other chapters expand the scope of the book to humans and robots. Specific topics covered in these chapters run the gamut from lower-level emotional activity, such as emotional expression, to higher-level emotional activity, such as altruism, love, and aesthetics. Taken as a whole, the book presents manifold perspectives on emotion and provides a solid foundation for future multidisciplinary research on the nature of emotions.
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