title: Invariants of human emotion.
abstract: Because of the complexity of human emotional responses, invariants must be sought not in the responses themselves, but in their generating mechanisms. Lindquist et al. show that functional locationism is a theoretical dead end; their proposed mechanistic framework is a first step toward better models of emotional behavior. We caution, however, that emotions may still be quasi-natural perceptual types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. paul.smaldino@gmail.com
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Smaldino
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Schank
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging; D011859:Radiography