How do we understand emotions?

How do people learn which emotions are similar to each other, and which are different? We found that people think that the more often one emotion follows another, the more similar they are to each other.

Authors

Mark Allen Thornton, Milena Rmus, Amisha D. Vyas, Diana Tamir

Publication

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

February 7, 2023

Research paper

How do we understand emotions?

February 7, 2023

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Authors

Mark Allen Thornton, Milena Rmus, Amisha D. Vyas, Diana Tamir

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