Psychology

What is it (like) to imagine an emotion?

S. Loev, M. Inchingolo, et al.

Explore the fascinating world of emotion with Slawa Loev, Marco Inchingolo, and Pablo Fernandez Velasco as they introduce a new typology of emotional imagining. Delve into the underexplored concept of emotion-like imagination (X-Im) and its implications for understanding empathy and emotion regulation mechanisms.

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Abstract

This article introduces a typology of three different ways to imagine emotion: belief-like imagining emotions (B-Im), emotional imagination (E-Im), and emotion-like imagination (X-Im). X-Im, which has been underexplored, involves reenacting the emotional state itself, resulting in the imagined content having emotional phenomenal properties. The article explores X-Im in depth, suggesting emotion regulation mechanisms as its cognitive basis and discussing its relevance to affective forecasting and empathetic understanding.

Publisher

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications

Published On

Dec 08, 2022

Authors

Slawa Loev, Marco Inchingolo, Pablo Fernandez Velasco