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. 2017 Jan:40:e374.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17001820.

Being moved is a positive emotion, and emotions should not be equated with their vernacular labels

Thomas W Schubert  1 , Beate Seibt  1 , Janis H Zickfeld  1 , Johanna K Blomster  1 , Alan P Fiske  2
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Being moved is a positive emotion, and emotions should not be equated with their vernacular labels

Thomas W Schubert et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan.
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As evidence for the second process of the Embracing factor, the target article characterizes being moved as a mixed emotion linked to sadness through metonymy. We question these characterizations and argue that emotions should not be equated with their vernacular labels.

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