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@article{citeulike:2827281, abstract = {What is the structure of emotion? Emotion is too broad a class of events to be a single scientific category, and no one structure suffices. As an illustration, core affect is distinguished from prototypical emotional episode. Core affect refers to consciously accessible elemental processes of pleasure and activation, has many causes, and is always present. Its structure involves two bipolar dimensions. Prototypical emotional episode refers to a complex process that unfolds over time, involves causally connected subevents (antecedent; appraisal; physiological, affective, and cognitive changes; behavioral response; self-categorization), has one perceived cause, and is rare. Its structure involves categories (anger, fear, shame, jealousy, etc.) vertically organized as a fuzzy hierarchy and horizontally organized as part of a circumplex.}, address = {Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. jrussell@cortex.psych.ubc.ca}, author = {Russell, J. A. and Barrett, L. F.}, citeulike-article-id = {2827281}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10353204}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10353204}, issn = {0022-3514}, journal = {Journal of personality and social psychology}, keywords = {affect, arousal, core, dimensions, emotions, theories, valence}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {805--819}, posted-at = {2008-05-24 04:49:10}, priority = {0}, title = {Core affect, prototypical emotional episodes, and other things called emotion: dissecting the elephant.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10353204}, volume = {76}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2827281 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2827281 N2 - What is the structure of emotion? Emotion is too broad a class of events to be a single scientific category, and no one structure suffices. As an illustration, core affect is distinguished from prototypical emotional episode. Core affect refers to consciously accessible elemental processes of pleasure and activation, has many causes, and is always present. Its structure involves two bipolar dimensions. Prototypical emotional episode refers to a complex process that unfolds over time, involves causally connected subevents (antecedent; appraisal; physiological, affective, and cognitive changes; behavioral response; self-categorization), has one perceived cause, and is rare. Its structure involves categories (anger, fear, shame, jealousy, etc.) vertically organized as a fuzzy hierarchy and horizontally organized as part of a circumplex. IS - 5 JF - Journal of personality and social psychology SN - 0022-3514 AD - Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. jrussell@cortex.psych.ubc.ca EP - 819 TI - Core affect, prototypical emotional episodes, and other things called emotion: dissecting the elephant. VL - 76 SP - 805 KW - affect KW - arousal KW - core KW - dimensions KW - emotions KW - theories KW - valence AU - Russell, JA AU - Barrett, LF PY - 1999/05// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10353204 ER -