ABSTRACT
1 Introduction
In Cognitive Science, little research has been done regarding emotions. Yet, Norman (1981), one of the founders of the discipline, had listed the study of emotions as crucial for the success of the new discipline. In this present paper, emotions are considered to range from pre-wired reflex-like responses, to accentuated pre-dispositional tendencies, to recognized interpretations loosening the emotional arousal. In Neuroscience, the autonomic nervous system has been pointed at as offering a key to understanding the arising of emotions (Damasio, 1994).
