Recent work on natural categories suggests a framework for conceptualizing people's
knowledge about emotions. Categories of natural objects or events, including emotions, are�…

“Concepts” are mental representations of categories of entities (natural and artifactual),
situations, experience, and action. Cognitive scientists study concepts because they are�…

Russell's principal claim is that a characterization of emotion concepts in terms of prototypes
offers the most fruitful approach to understanding emotion. He contrasts this position with the�…

Abstract Emotion, anger, fear, love, and similar concepts have so far defied classical
definition. This article summarizes one analysis of emotion concepts from a prototype�…

They are further assumed to be caused by forces that we do not have under control. In fact,
emotions are frequently regulated. We hide our fears behind sturdy behavior, we�…

Abstract P. Shaver, J. Schwartz, D. Kirson, and C. O'Connor (1987) found that English
emotion words fall into 25 categories of synonyms. To find emotion nomenclature universals�…

Reports 7 studies that explored the possibility that the concept of emotion is better
understood from a prototype perspective than from a classical one. Specifically it is argued�…

In this article, I introduce an emotion paradox: People believe that they know an emotion
when they see it, and as a consequence assume that emotions are discrete events that can�…

This chapter briefly describes the general goals of the book, introduces the most
fundamental features of the methodology that is employed to achieve these goals, and gives�…

Research on emotion flourishes in many disciplines and specialties, yet experts cannot
agree on its definition. Theorists and researchers use the term emotion in ways that imply�…