Affective Science based on Interoception and Design of Robots

2022 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Hideki Ohira
Keyword(s):  
Affective Science

scholarly journals The National Institute of Mental Health: Research Agenda and Priorities in Geriatrics and Aging

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 621-621
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Necka
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Behavioral Science ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Preclinical Research ◽  
Affective Science ◽  
Prevention Interventions

Abstract The Geriatrics and Aging Processes Research Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) supports research on the etiology, pathophysiology, and trajectory of late life mental disorders. The branch encourages research using neuroscience, cognitive and affective science, and social and behavioral science to translate basic and preclinical research to clinical research. The branch prioritizes research that investigates neuropsychiatric disorders of aging, how they interact with neurodevelopment/neurodegeneration, and how to assess, treat, and prevent them. Of particular interest is research on social isolation and suicide. Suicide prevention research is an urgent priority: NIMH’s portfolio includes projects aimed at identifying those at risk for suicide, understanding causes of suicide risk, developing suicide prevention interventions, and testing the effectiveness of these interventions and services in real-world settings. In this talk, a NIMH program official will discuss the NIMH research agenda in the domain of late-life mental illness, social isolation, and suicide.

scholarly journals Affective Science

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
James J. Gross ◽  
Robert W. Levenson ◽  
Wendy Berry Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Affective Science

Comment: Constructionism is a Multilevel Framework for Affective Science

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen A. Lindquist ◽  
Jennifer K. MacCormack
Keyword(s):  
Affective Science

scholarly journals Perspectives from affective science on understanding the nature of emotion

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 239821281881262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Fox
Keyword(s):  
Social World ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Scientific Study ◽  
Affective Neuroscience ◽  
Fundamental Nature ◽  
Scientific Consensus ◽  
Affective Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Brain

Emotions are at the heart of how we understand the human mind and of our relationships within the social world. Yet, there is still no scientific consensus on the fundamental nature of emotion. A central quest within the discipline of affective science is to develop an in-depth understanding of emotions, moods, and feelings and how they are embodied within the brain (affective neuroscience). This article provides a brief overview of the scientific study of emotion with a particular emphasis on psychological and neuroscientific perspectives. Following a selective snapshot of past and present research in this field, some current challenges and controversies in affective science are highlighted.

scholarly journals The Affective Computing Approach to Affect Measurement

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney D’Mello ◽  
Arvid Kappas ◽  
Jonathan Gratch
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Affective Computing ◽  
Measurement Accuracy ◽  
Computational Approach ◽  
Tipping Points ◽  
Affective Science ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Computing Approach

Affective computing (AC) adopts a computational approach to study affect. We highlight the AC approach towards automated affect measures that jointly model machine-readable physiological/behavioral signals with affect estimates as reported by humans or experimentally elicited. We describe the conceptual and computational foundations of the approach followed by two case studies: one on discrimination between genuine and faked expressions of pain in the lab, and the second on measuring nonbasic affect in the wild. We discuss applications of the measures, analyze measurement accuracy and generalizability, and highlight advances afforded by computational tipping points, such as big data, wearable sensing, crowdsourcing, and deep learning. We conclude by advocating for increasing synergies between AC and affective science and offer suggestions toward that direction.

scholarly journals Enactive Emotion In Forensic Practice: The Application of Embodied Cognitive and Affective Science to Offender Rehabilitation Programs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Max Davis
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
The Body ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Offender Rehabilitation ◽  
Cognition And Emotion ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Affective Science ◽  
Forensic Practice ◽  
Bodily Feeling

<p>In recent years, affective science has seen a shift in the understanding of emotion and its relationship to cognition. No longer is cognition viewed as the only significant factor in determining emotional experience, and as fundamentally distinct from bodily feeling. Rather than a linear causal relationship between one and the other, the philosophy and cognitive science of Enactivism suggests that the cognitive and emotional elements of experience, along with the body and surrounding environment, are constitutive of each other, and continuously influence each other in a dynamic, multidirectional manner to produce the experience of emotional patterns (Colombetti & Thompson, 2008). However, despite these advances in emotion theory, current rehabilitation programs such as the Reasoning and Rehabilitation (R&R, Ross et al., 2016) program continue to understand cognition and emotion as functionally distinct components of experience, with deficits conceptualised in mainly cognitive terms, and targeted through Cognitive Skills, which largely neglect the emotional elements of experience. This thesis explores how an enactivist understanding of emotion can be applied to offender rehabilitation programs, with specific reference to the R&R program. It is concluded that R&R and similar programs would benefit significantly from revisions to conceptualisations of cognitive deficits, and in treatment components, which should integrate emotional and cognitive techniques.</p>

scholarly journals High emotion differentiation buffers against internalizing symptoms following exposure to stressful life events in adolescence: An intensive longitudinal study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik C Nook ◽  
John Coleman Flournoy ◽  
Alexandra M Rodman ◽  
Patrick Mair ◽  
Katie A McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Emotion Differentiation ◽  
Affective Science ◽  
The Face

Exposure to stressful life events is strongly associated with internalizing psychopathology, and identifying factors that reduce vulnerability to stress-related internalizing problems is critical for development of early interventions. Drawing on research from affective science, we tested whether high emotion differentiation—the ability to specifically identify one’s feelings—buffers adolescents from developing internalizing symptoms when exposed to stress. Thirty adolescents completed a laboratory measure of emotion differentiation before an intensive year-long longitudinal study in which exposure to stress and internalizing problems were assessed at both the moment-level (n=4,921 experience sampling assessments) and monthly-level (n=355 monthly assessments). High negative and positive emotion differentiation attenuated moment-level coupling between perceived stress and feelings of depression, and high negative emotion differentiation eliminated monthly-level associations between stressful life events and anxiety symptoms. These results suggest that high emotion differentiation buffers adolescents against anxiety and depression in the face of stress, perhaps by facilitating adaptive emotion regulation.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Patrick Colm Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Affective Science

The introduction to Style in Narrative sets out some of the main principles for the description and explanation of style, principles that will be developed and specified in the following chapters. In keeping with Hogan’s earlier work, the introduction stresses the importance of emotion to the function of style and of affective science for the understanding of style. Hogan goes on to explain the meaning of “cognitive-affective stylistics” and its difference from Stanley Fish’s influential notion of “affective stylistics.” The introduction also briefly outlines the overall structure of the book, the content of the following chapters, and the reasons for the topics treated in those chapters.

The Affective Origin and Treatment of Recurrent Maladaptive Patterns

2020 ◽  
pp. 363-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood Development ◽  
Psychodynamic Therapy ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Relationship Patterns ◽  
Conceptual Foundation ◽  
Affective Science ◽  
Character Pathology ◽  
Transference Relationship

Recurrent maladaptive patterns (RMPs) have been a foundational concept in psychodynamic therapy (PDT) and psychoanalysis for over a century. Typically associated with character pathology (i.e., personality disorders), they highlight the remarkable correspondences frequently observed between relationship patterns in a person’s family of origin, their current adult relationships, and the transference relationship with the therapist. These patterns can be understood as an expression of schemas and therefore share a common conceptual foundation with other major psychotherapy modalities. Yet, the centrality of affect in the origin/development of these maladaptive patterns and their treatment may not be widely appreciated among practitioners of PDT or any other modality. The basic thesis of this chapter is that RMPs as described in the PDT literature could potentially become more widely recognized, understood, and treated in an integrated manner if their developmental and affective origin were more generally appreciated. Doing so would not only improve interpersonal functioning but could also alter the affective dysfunction that predisposes to the development of symptoms that are a common reason for seeking treatment. Consistent with newer developments in psychodynamic theory grounded in observations from early childhood development, this chapter briefly reconsiders the fundamental elements of RMPs, including unconscious processes, development, conflict, defenses, and mechanisms of change from the perspective of affective science and computational neuroscience. In so doing, the goals are to broaden appreciation of the importance and ubiquity of RMPs by explaining them in nonclinical language, to increase the likelihood of enduring change by promoting an integrative approach to their treatment focusing on new emotional experiences in meaningful contexts and to facilitate research that can potentially establish the benefits of such an approach.

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