ABSTRACT
OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL ISSUES In the first two parts of this book, we reviewed a variety of different theories relating to attention and emotion. In the course of constructing the novel theory presented in Chapter 12, we adopted or modified some existing theoretical propositions, and rejected others. The aim of this section is to summarise the principal theoretical issues with which our theory is concerned, to acknowledge our debts to existing theory, and to identify the principal areas of difference between our theory and others. In subsequent sections, we consider future experimental work on the SREF model, the relationship between the SREF theory and psychobiological approaches to emotion, and the implications of the model for future clinically oriented research.
