ABSTRACT

The neurocognitive model of Mixed and Ambiguous Emotions and Morality (MA-EM) makes a relevant case for putting non-unidimensional emotions and morality more prominently on the research agenda. However, existing research challenges its assumptions about the distinction between mixed and ambiguous emotions and morality, and how they relate to reflective versus simulative processing routes, in three respects. First, the emotional state of being moved is generally conceptualized as a non-ambiguous rather than an ambiguous emotion. Second, mixed emotions have been found to elicit reflection rather than simulation. Third, the morality of narrative characters is typically perceived as mixed rather than ambiguous.

摘要

混合和模棱两可的情绪和道德 (MA-EM) 的神经认知模型为将非单维情绪和道德放在研究议程上更加突出提供了一个相关案例。然而，现有研究在三个方面挑战了其关于混合和模棱两可的情绪和道德之间的区别的假设，以及它们如何与反思性与模拟性处理途径相关。首先，被感动的情绪状态通常被概念化为一种非模棱两可的情绪，而不是一种模棱两可的情绪。其次，已发现混合情绪会引发反思而不是模拟。第三，叙事人物的道德通常被认为是混合的而不是模棱两可的。