Cannon-Bard theory

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The Cannon-Bard theory (after Walter Cannon and Philip Bard ) is a psychological theory according to which physiological affectation and emotion arise simultaneously. In doing so, she revises the older James Lange theory , according to which the emotional evaluation arises as a consequence of the physical reactions. Neither of the two reactions causes the other, rather both are independent consequences of a perceived stimulus.

Cannon argued, among other things, that different emotions are accompanied by the same physical reactions. Heart palpitations can occur both when in love and when scared.

A more recent theory, the two-factor theory , on the other hand, explains emotion as a simultaneous result of physical excitement and cognitive evaluation .

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