Citation

Kagan J. Emot. Rev. 2010; 2(3): 221-224.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, International Society for Research on Emotion, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1754073910361976

PMID

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Abstract

This article discusses several problems affecting progress in research on emotion: (1) disagreements over the appropriate referents for an emotion; (2) the modest relations between the brain states provoked by an emotional incentive and the accompanying semantic appraisals or behaviors; and (3) the abstract nature and indifference to origin of the English words used to name emotions. The final section contains some suggestions for future research.