Emotions as metarepresentational states of mind: Naturalizing the belief-desire theory of emotion

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-20

  Reisenzein, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective computing; BDI; Belief desire theory; Emotion; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE COMPUTING; BDI; BELIEF-DESIRE THEORY; EMOTION; METACOGNITION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL FUNCTION; METAPSYCHOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 56949102775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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