The rise of affectivism

D Dukes; K Abrams; R Adolphs; ME Ahmed; A Beatty; KC Berridge; S Broomhall; T Brosch; JJ Campos; Z Clay; F Clément; WA Cunningham; A Damasio; H Damasio; J D’Arms; JW Davidson; B de Gelder; J Deonna; R de Sousa; P Ekman; PC Ellsworth; E Fehr; A Fischer; A Foolen; U Frevert; D Grandjean; J Gratch; L Greenberg; P Greenspan; JJ Gross; E Halperin; A Kappas; D Keltner; B Knutson; D Konstan; ME Kret; JE LeDoux; JS Lerner; RW Levenson; G Loewenstein; ASR Manstead; TA Maroney; A Moors; P Niedenthal; B Parkinson; I Pavlidis; C Pelachaud; SD Pollak; G Pourtois; B Roettger-Roessler; JA Russell; D Sauter; A Scarantino; KR Scherer; P Stearns; JE Stets; C Tappolet; F Teroni; J Tsai; J Turner; CV Reekum; P Vuilleumier; T Wharton; D Sander

Journal article

The rise of affectivism

D Dukes, K Abrams, R Adolphs, ME Ahmed, A Beatty, KC Berridge, S Broomhall, T Brosch, JJ Campos, Z Clay, F Clément, WA Cunningham, A Damasio, H Damasio, J D’Arms, JW Davidson, B de Gelder, J Deonna, R de Sousa, P Ekman Show all

Nature Human Behaviour | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01130-8

Abstract

Research over the past decades has demonstrated the explanatory power of emotions, feelings, motivations, moods, and other affective processes when trying to understand and predict how we think and behave. In this consensus article, we ask: has the increasingly recognized impact of affective phenomena ushered in a new era, the era of affectivism?