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Emotion, in its most general definition, is an intense neural mental state that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort and evokes either a positive or negative psychological response to move an organism to action. ~ An emotion is differentiated from a feeling.
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* 1 Definition of emotion
* 2 Theoretical traditions
* 3 Etymology
* 4 Physical responses to emotion
* 5 Neurobiology
* 6 Computer models of emotion
* 7 Emotion in animals
* 8 Sociology of Emotions
* 9 References and notes
* 10 Emotion researchers
* 11 Institution/ Research Center
* 12 See also
* 13 External links
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