Reflections on the "body loop": Carl Georg Lange's theory of emotion

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 974-990

  Wassmann, Claudia ^a  

^a Universite Paris 2   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Causation of affective states; Component models; Emotion; James

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RELIGION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 77956154412     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903052744     Document Type: Article

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