Cognitive Psychology Arena

The Development of Emotional Intelligence

A Case Study

• By Nadja Reissland.

Published January 2012

How do children learn about the expression and meaning of emotions – both happy and sad? This book answers questions regarding the foundation of emotional intelligence, and examines how children become emotionally literate as they are socialised into their family environment from birth to 2…
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Judging Passions

Moral Emotions in Persons and Groups

• By Roger Giner-Sorolla.

Published January 2012

Psychological research shows that our emotions and feelings often guide the moral decisions we make about our own lives and the social groups to which we belong. But should we be concerned that our important moral judgments can be swayed by "hot" passions, such as anger, disgust, guilt, shame and…
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Emotions, Imagination, and Moral Reasoning

• Edited by Robyn Langdon, and Catriona Mackenzie.

Published November 2011

This volume brings together philosophical perspectives on emotions, imagination and moral reasoning with contributions from neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology, personality theory, developmental psychology, and abnormal psychology. The book explores what we can learn…
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Attention, Representation, and Human Performance

Integration of Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation

• Edited by Slim Masmoudi, David Yun Dai and Abdelmajid Naceur.

Published November 2011

This volume presents a rare occasion where scholars from Europe, North Africa and North America share their research programs and findings revolving around an important theme: integration. Despite different research foci and methodologies, there is a strong consensus that we need to understand a…
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The Psychology of Implicit Emotion Regulation

A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion

• Edited by Sander L Koole, and Klaus Rothermund.

Published May 2011

Emotion regulation has traditionally been conceived as a deliberative process, but there is growing evidence that many emotion-regulation processes operate at implicit levels. Implicit emotion regulation is initiated automatically, without conscious intention, and aims at modifying the quality of…
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Neuroscience of Decision Making

• Edited by Oshin Vartanian, and David R. Mandel.

Published March 2011

The intersection between the fields of behavioral decision research and neuroscience has proved to be fertile ground for interdisciplinary research. Whereas the former is rich in formalized models of choice, the latter is rife with techniques for testing behavioral models at the brain level. As a…
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The Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media

• Edited by Katrin Doveling, Christian von Scheve and Elly A. Konijn.

Published September 2010

The impact of mass media on individuals and society is to a great extent based on human emotions. Emotions, in turn, are essential in understanding how media messages are processed as well as media’s impact on individual and social behavior and public social life. Adopting an interdisciplinary…
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The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change

• Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Joel Cooper and William D. Crano.

Published May 2010

Human beings have a unique ability to create elaborate predispositions and evaluations based on their social experiences. The concept of attitudes is central to understanding how experience gives rise to these predispositions, and psychologists have spent the best part of the past 100 years trying…
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Cognition & Emotion

Reviews of Current Research and Theories

• Edited by Jan De Houwer, and Dirk Hermans.

Published March 2010

Emotions are complex and multifaceted phenomena. Although they have been examined from a variety of perspectives, the study of the interaction between cognition and emotion has always occupied a unique position within emotion research. Many philosophers and psychologists have been fascinated by the…
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Psychology of Self-Regulation

Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes

• Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Roy F. Baumeister and Dianne M. Tice.

Published May 2009

The ability to regulate and control our behaviors is a key accomplishment of the human species, yet the psychological mechanisms involved in self-regulation remain incompletely understood. This book presents contributions from leading international researchers who survey the most recent…
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