TY - JOUR
T1 - Scaffolding emotions and evolving language
AU - Jablonka, Eva
AU - Ginsburg, Simona
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - We suggest that, in animals, the core-affect system is linked to partially assimilated behavioral dispositions that act as developmental scaffolds for the ontogenetic construction of emotions. We also propose that in humans the evolution of language altered the control of emotions, leading to categories that can be adequately captured only by emotion-words.
AB - We suggest that, in animals, the core-affect system is linked to partially assimilated behavioral dispositions that act as developmental scaffolds for the ontogenetic construction of emotions. We also propose that in humans the evolution of language altered the control of emotions, leading to categories that can be adequately captured only by emotion-words.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861519266&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X1100152X
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X1100152X
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C2 - 22617662
AN - SCOPUS:84861519266
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 35
SP - 154
EP - 155
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 3
ER -