Department of Psychology, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109, USA
Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2018 Aug 5;373(1752). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0127.
Emotion concepts are important. They help us to understand, experience and predict human behaviour. Emotion concepts also link the realm of the abstract with the realm of bodily experience and actions. Accordingly, the key question is how such concepts are created, represented and used. Embodied cognition theories hold that concepts are grounded in neural systems that produce experiential and motor states. Concepts are also contextually situated and thus engage sensorimotor resources in a dynamic, flexible way. Finally, on that framework, conceptual understanding unfolds in time, reflecting embodied as well as linguistic and cultural influences. In this article, we review empirical work on emotion concepts and show how it highlights their grounded, yet dynamic and context-sensitive nature. The conclusions are consistent with recent developments in embodied cognition that allow concepts to be linked to sensorimotor systems, yet be flexibly sensitive to current representational and action needs.This article is part of the theme issue 'Varieties of abstract concepts: development, use and representation in the brain'.
情绪概念很重要。它们帮助我们理解、体验和预测人类行为。情绪概念还将抽象领域与身体体验和行为领域联系起来。因此,关键问题是如何创建、表示和使用这些概念。具身认知理论认为,概念是建立在产生体验和运动状态的神经系统之上的。概念也处于语境中,因此以动态、灵活的方式利用感觉运动资源。最后,在这个框架内,概念理解随着时间的推移展开,反映出具身以及语言和文化的影响。在本文中,我们回顾了关于情绪概念的实证工作,并展示了它如何突出这些概念的基础、动态和情境敏感性。这些结论与具身认知的最新发展一致,这些发展使概念能够与感觉运动系统联系起来,但又能灵活地适应当前的表示和行动需求。本文是“大脑中各种抽象概念:发展、使用和表现”这一主题的一部分。