by Evan Dwan | Aug 3, 2021 | News |
What is an affect? How does it differ from feeling and emotion? Donald Nathanson argues that when an affect has been triggered it means that a stimulus has activated a mechanism that releases a known pattern of biological events. Each affect unfolds according to a...
by Evan Dwan | Jul 28, 2021 | News |
Susan Hart writes that the most important evolutionary function of the human attachment system is to help develop a self-regulating control system within the child. Through interactive affect regulation with the caregiver, the infant learns to self-regulate. This...
by Evan Dwan | Jul 28, 2021 | News |
Joseph LeDoux highlighted the importance of the amygdala in determining the emotional significance of situations. LeDoux describes two emotional response systems in the brain. The first, originates in the amygdala, is the ‘quick and dirty’ system. Responses here...
by Evan Dwan | Jul 28, 2021 | News |
Emotion theory makes the claim the emotion is adaptive in nature. It helps us to process complex information from the environment quickly in order to help us take action that helps us meet our needs. Emotions give information about the significance of a situation to...
by Evan Dwan | Jul 26, 2021 | News |
Ed Tronick, in analysing mother-infant dyads, noticed that both engage in a dance of mutual regulation. Many times during this dance, the mother and infant are not in tune. The baby might smile and the mothers looks away. This is called a ‘mismatch’. In healthy dyads...
