This on-line workshop will focus on methodological issues facing emotion researchers in particular, and investigators of consciousness in general, who are interested in understanding role of experience in our mental life. Researchers in a variety of disciplines have outlined broad methodological strategies for approaching the scientific study of consciousness. Common among a number of these is a concern to take subjective reports seriously as a valid source of information about consciousness. However, many researchers will agree that emotions involve several components, including physiological arousal, overt or expressive behavior, cognitive appraisal, and subjective experience. Such an approach will require that we continue to evaluate our measures of experience and get better at understanding the dimensions along which experiences can vary and the types of laboratory situations that are conducive to the elicitation of emotional experiences.
Participants discuss current and future approaches.
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