Gibt es eine Gestalttheorie der Emotionen? Ein Diskussionsvorschlag

Hellmuth Metz-Göckel

doi:10.2478/gth-2021-0025

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Gibt es eine Gestalttheorie der Emotionen? Ein Diskussionsvorschlag

Gestalt Theory

Volume 43 (2021): Issue 3 (December 2021)

By: Hellmuth Metz-Göckel

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|Dec 2021

Abstract

An emotional episode consists of psychological, physiological, motor and expressive components that are tied together. Present theories and previous contributions by gestalt theorists to emotions are discussed. It is shown that the synergetic system theory represents a fruitful model for emotional processes, in which self-organisation plays a central role. Also, a selection of neuropsychological findings in this context is taken into account.

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