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Emotion & Affect Researchers
Browse 5 researchers focused on emotion & affect in consciousness research.
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Antonio Damasio
University Professor and David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience · University of Southern California
Neuroscientist who developed the somatic marker hypothesis, showing how emotions and feelings are central to decision-making and consciousness. His work bridges neuroscience with the philosophy of self and feeling.
Catherine Tallon-Baudry
Research Director · École Normale Supérieure, Paris
Neuroscientist who investigates how visceral signals from internal organs (especially the gut and heart) contribute to conscious experience and the sense of self. Her research pioneers the role of the body in shaping subjectivity.
Jesse Prinz
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy · City University of New York (CUNY)
Philosopher who defends an intermediate-level representational theory of consciousness, arguing that consciousness resides in mid-level sensory representations (the attended intermediate representation theory, or AIR). His work spans consciousness, emotion, and aesthetics.
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Professor of Psychology · Northeastern University / Harvard Medical School / MIT
Psychologist who pioneered the theory of constructed emotion, demonstrating that emotions are not hardwired but constructed by the brain.
Mark Solms
Professor of Neuropsychology · University of Cape Town
Neuropsychologist who founded the field of neuropsychoanalysis and argues that consciousness originates in the brainstem rather than the cortex. His work integrates Freudian psychoanalytic theory with modern affective neuroscience.