Shiota Michelle N, Camras Linda A, Adolphs Ralph
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871104, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 USA.
Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL USA.
Affect Sci. 2023 Sep 12;4(3):429-442. doi: 10.1007/s42761-023-00220-2. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Modern affective science-the empirical study of emotional responding and affective experience-has been active for a half-century. The special issue considers the history of this field and proposes new directions for the decades ahead. Contributors represent diverse theoretical perspectives, methodological expertise, and domains of study, and the special issue includes both literature reviews and new empirical studies as illustrations. This introductory article synthesizes the contributions, articulating the broader context of the current status of our field and highlighting common themes across articles as well as gaps notable even in this special issue. Sections of the article address theoretical and conceptual issues, research methodology, the questions we ask, and translation of basic affective science to applied domains. We conclude that much has been learned from the first 50 years of affective science, and it is now time for new theories, new research questions, and innovative methods for the decades ahead.
现代情感科学——对情绪反应和情感体验的实证研究——已经活跃了半个世纪。本期特刊探讨了该领域的历史，并为未来几十年提出了新的方向。撰稿人代表了不同的理论视角、方法专业知识和研究领域，本期特刊包括文献综述和新的实证研究作为例证。这篇引言文章综合了这些贡献，阐述了我们领域现状的更广泛背景，并突出了各文章的共同主题以及即使在本期特刊中也明显存在的差距。文章各部分讨论了理论和概念问题、研究方法、我们提出的问题以及基础情感科学向应用领域的转化。我们得出结论，情感科学的头50年让我们学到了很多东西，现在是时候为未来几十年提出新理论、新研究问题和创新方法了。
