Is there any evidence anywhere that even complex emotions are just built up from bundles of more basic ones?
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No. Lisa Feldman Barrett book is entirely about debunking this idea and explaining the alternate constructivist theory of emotions.
Agreed.
Brains are not pre-wired with neurons dedicated to a specific emotion.
Key insight to the science of emotion: "emotions are constructions of the world, not reactions to it"
"How Emotions Are Made" by . Quick primer to her work:
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I like it. It's similar to @LFeldmanBarrett theory of constructed emotion: "your brain makes an emotion by using prior experiences of emotion to predict and explain incoming sensory inputs, and guide action."
interview: wired.co.uk/article/lisa-f
article: affective-science.org/pubs/2017/barr
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Damn, that would have been convenient. Now I'll have to think about it
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