title: Preferences and motivations with and without inferences.
abstract: Pessoa (2013) makes an impressive case that emotion, motivation, and cognition are neurally intertwined. Our commentary broadens the discussion to the functional, "mind" level. We argue that philosophical and computational considerations justify some modern "separatist" views. We highlight several psychological phenomena that illustrate independence, including affective and motivational reactions to rudimentary inputs, and the guiding role of such reactions in cognition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of California,San Diego,La Jolla,CA 92093-0109.pwinkiel@ucsd.eduhttp://psy2.ucsd.edu/~pwinkiel/
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winkielman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of Toronto,Toronto,Ontario M1C 1A4,Canada.michael.inzlicht@utoronto.cahttp://www.michaelinzlicht.com/
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inzlicht
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,University of New South Wales,Sydney,NSW 2052,Australia.eddiehj@gmail.comhttp://socialemotiveneuroscience.org/
authors.forename: Eddie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harmon-Jones
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D013850:Thinking