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Emotion : a very short introduction

Author: Dylan Evans
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series: Very short introductions, 81.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? These are just some of the intriguing questions explored in this guide to the latest thinking about the emotions. Drawing on a wide range of scientific research, from anthropology and psychology to neuroscience and artificial  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Dylan Evans
ISBN: 0192804618 9780192804617
OCLC Number: 51235170
Notes: Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Description: 139 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents: Preface --
List of illustrations --
The universal language --
Why Spock could never have evolved --
Short cuts to happiness --
The head and the heart --
The computer that cried --
Afterword: the heart has its reasons --
Further reading --
Source material --
Index.
Series Title: Very short introductions, 81.
Responsibility: Dylan Evans.
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"Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? These are just some of the intriguing questions explored in this guide to the latest thinking about the emotions. Drawing on a wide range of scientific research, from anthropology and psychology to neuroscience and artificial intelligence, this Very Short Introduction takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the human heart."--BOOK JACKET.

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