title: Scaffolding emotions and evolving language.
abstract: We suggest that, in animals, the core-affect system is linked to partially assimilated behavioral dispositions that act as developmental scaffolds for the ontogenetic construction of emotions. We also propose that in humans the evolution of language altered the control of emotions, leading to categories that can be adequately captured only by emotion-words.
authors.affiliation: Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. jablonka@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jablonka
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ginsburg
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging; D011859:Radiography