Barbara Fredrickson, “The Science of Emotions” (Open Agenda, 2020)
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How to Qualify Emotions
There is no biological measure that's going to be kind of one to one mapping with emotions. And that's why people's self reports are priceless, because consciousness is a great integrator. It's not just an emotion read out, moodring, you know, it's digesting and helping you move from place to place. There isn't for negative, there isn't for positive emotions. You can't. Ah, we know now that this reductionist approach that just says,you know, what your body's doing tells you what an emotion is doing is is am. That's ill fitting as your body has many jobs you now. But i guess what i have in mind is sort
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