Scientific Understanding of Consciousness
Consciousness as an Emergent Property of Thalamocortical Activity

Some of the emotions associated with different reinforcement contingencies

Intensity increases away from the centre of the diagram, on a continuous scale.

 

The classification scheme created by the different reinforcement contingencies consists of:

 

1. the presentation of a positive reinforcer S+

2. the presentation of a negative reinforcer S-

3. the omission of a positive reinforcer S+

4. the termination of a positive reinforcer S+!

5. the omission of a negative reinforcer S-

6. the termination of a negative reinforcer S-!

 

Emotion Diagram of Edmund Rolls

(Rolls; Neural Networks and Brain Function, 138)

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