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Self-Report Captures 27 Distinct Categories of Emotion Bridged by Continuous Gradients

By Alan Cowen and Dacher Keltner

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Reported emotional states occupy a complex, high-dimensional categorical space.

Their interactive map of the emotional space can be explored online here.

Published in 2017 in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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    title={{S}elf-{R}eport {C}aptures 27 {D}istinct {C}ategories of {E}motion {B}ridged by {C}ontinuous {G}radients},
    author={Alan Cowen and Dacher Keltner},
    publisher={National Academies Press},
    address={Washington D.C.},
    year=2017,
    month=sep,
    journal={The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
    volume=114,
    number=38,
    pagecount=10,
    keywords={feeling,emotion,film},
    doi={10.1073/pnas.1702247114},
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    url={https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5617253?pdf=render}
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