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Dynamic appraisals: A paper with promises

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Nico H. Frijda*
Affiliation:
Social Science Department, Amsterdam University, 1019 PM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The proposed dynamic systems model of emotion generation indeed appears considerably more plausible and descriptively adequate than traditional linear models. It also comes much closer to the complex interactions observed in neurobiological research. The proposals regarding self-organization in emerging appraisal-emotion interactions are thought-provoking and attractive. Yet, at this point they are more in the nature of promises than findings, and are clearly in need of corroborating psychological evidence or demonstrated theoretical desirability.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005