Berridge Kent C
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Cogn Emot. 2025 Jun 19:1-6. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2025.2520390.
How can emotional reactions be measured in creatures that cannot verbally describe their feelings, such as animals? Many answers have been given to this question in the history of psychology and neuroscience, and Paul and Mendl offer a thoughtful review and analysis in the theory section of this issue. In my commentary, the merits of various definitions of emotion based on different criteria are compared. These definitions use measures ranging from verbal reports to stimulus-elicited affective reactions, instrumental working for rewards or avoidance of punishments, and triangulation approaches.
对于像动物这样无法用言语描述自身感受的生物，该如何测量其情绪反应呢？在心理学和神经科学的历史上，针对这个问题已经给出了许多答案，保罗和门德尔在本期的理论部分进行了深入的回顾与分析。在我的评论中，比较了基于不同标准的各种情绪定义的优点。这些定义所使用的测量方法包括口头报告、刺激引发的情感反应、为获取奖励或避免惩罚而进行的工具性活动以及三角测量法。
