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Emotions as High-Impact Decisions: A Goal-Directed Theory

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Emotion Review

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Abstract

Emotion Review, Volume 18, Issue 2, Page 61-75, April 2026.
I defend the adequacy of the goal-directed theory (GDT) of emotion. After outlining the properties of emotions (mental and bodily aspects, valence, intensity, urgency, automaticity, and irrationality) and common emotion types that emotion theories seek to ...