The Human Affectome

Daniela Schiller, Alessandra N.C. Yu, Nelly Alia-Klein, Susanne Becker, Howard C. Cromwell, Florin Dolcos, Paul J. Eslinger, Paul Frewen, Andrew H. Kemp, Edward F. Pace-Schott, Jacob Raber, Rebecca L. Silton, Elka Stefanova, Justin H.G. Williams, Nobuhito Abe, Moji Aghajani, Franziska Albrecht, Rebecca Alexander, Silke Anders, Oriana R AragónJuan A Arias, Shahar Arzy, Tatjana Aue, Sandra Baez, Michela Balconi, Tommaso Ballarini, Scott Bannister, Marlissa C Banta, Karen Caplovitz Barrett, Catherine Belzung, Moustafa Bensafi, Linda Booij, Jamila Bookwala, Julie Boulanger-Bertolus, Sydney Weber Boutros, Anne-Kathrin Bräscher, Antonio Bruno, Geraldo Busatto, Lauren M Bylsma, Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Raymond C K Chan, Nicolas Cherbuin, Julian Chiarella, Pietro Cipresso, Hugo Critchley, Denise E Croote, Heath A Demaree, Thomas F Denson, Brendan Depue, Birgit Derntl, Joanne M Dickson, Sanda Dolcos, Anat Drach-Zahavy, Olga Dubljević, Tuomas Eerola, Dan-Mikael Ellingsen, Beth Fairfield, Camille Ferdenzi, Bruce H Friedman, Cynthia H Y Fu, Justine M Gatt, Beatrice deGelder, Guido H E Gendolla, Gadi Gilam, Hadass Goldblatt, Anne Elizabeth Kotynski Gooding, Olivia Gosseries, Alfons O Hamm, Jamie L Hanson, Talma Hendler, Cornelia Herbert, Stefan G Hofmann, Agustin Ibanez, Mateus Joffily, Tanja Jovanovic, Ian J Kahrilas, Maria Kangas, Yuta Katsumi, Elizabeth Kensinger, Lauren A J Kirby, Rebecca Koncz, Ernst H W Koster, Kasia Kozlowska, Sören Krach, Mariska E Kret, Martin Krippl, Kwabena Kusi-Mensah, Cecile D Ladouceur, Steven Laureys, Alistair Lawrence, Chiang-Shan R Li, Belinda J Liddell, Navdeep K Lidhar, Christopher A Lowry, Kelsey Magee, Marie-France Marin, Veronica Mariotti, Loren J Martin, Hilary A Marusak, Annalina V Mayer, Amanda R Merner, Jessica Minnier, Jorge Moll, Robert G Morrison, Matthew Moore, Anne-Marie Mouly, Sven C Mueller, Andreas Mühlberger, Nora A Murphy, Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello, Erica D Musser, Tamara L Newton, Michael Noll-Hussong, Seth Davin Norrholm, Georg Northoff, Robin Nusslock, Hadas Okon-Singer, Thomas M Olino, Catherine Ortner, Mayowa Owolabi, Caterina Padulo, Romina Palermo, Rocco Palumbo, Sara Palumbo, Christos Papadelis, Alan J Pegna, Silvia Pellegrini, Kirsi Peltonen, Brenda W J H Penninx, Pietro Pietrini, Graziano Pinna, Rosario Pintos Lobo, Kelly L Polnaszek, Maryna Polyakova, Christine Rabinak, S HeleneRichter, Thalia Richter, Giuseppe Riva, Amelia Rizzo, Jennifer L Robinson, Pedro Rosa, Perminder S Sachdev, Wataru Sato, Matthias L Schroeter, Susanne Schweizer, Youssef Shiban, Advaith Siddharthan, Ewa Siedlecka, Robert C Smith, Hermona Soreq, Derek P Spangler, Emily R Stern, Charis Styliadis, Gavin B Sullivan, James E Swain, Sébastien Urben, Jan Van den Stock, Michael A Vander Kooij, Mark van Overveld, Tamsyn E Van Rheenen, Michael B VanElzakker, Carlos Ventura-Bort, Edelyn Verona, Tyler Volk, Yi Wang, Leah T Weingast, Mathias Weymar, Claire Williams, Megan L Willis, Paula Yamashita, Roland Zahn, Barbra Zupan, Leroy Lowe, Gan Gabriela, Huggins Charlotte F, Loeffler Leonie

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Abstract

Over the last decades, the interdisciplinary field of the affective sciences has seen proliferation rather than integration of theoretical perspectives. This is due to differences in metaphysical and mechanistic assumptions about human affective phenomena (what they are and how they work) which, shaped by academic motivations and values, have determined the affective constructs and operationalizations. An assumption on the purpose of affective phenomena can be used as a teleological principle to guide the construction of a common set of metaphysical and mechanistic assumptions-a framework for human affective research. In this capstone paper for the special issue "Towards an Integrated Understanding of the Human Affectome", we gather the tiered purpose of human affective phenomena to synthesize assumptions that account for human affective phenomena collectively. This teleologically-grounded framework offers a principled agenda and launchpad for both organizing existing perspectives and generating new ones. Ultimately, we hope Human Affectome brings us a step closer to not only an integrated understanding of human affective phenomena, but an integrated field for affective research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105450
JournalNeuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Early online date3 Nov 2023
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 3 Nov 2023

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