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Commentary: Rethinking the Development of "Nonbasic" Emotions: A Critical Review of Existing Theories.

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  • Specialty section: This article was submitted to Emotion Science, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology

  • The researchers further explored the literature surrounding some of the nonbasic emotions, finding a surprising number of studies showing that infants as young as 2 months might be found to express these emotions (Guillaume, 1926; Buhler, 1930; Piaget, 1932; Hoffmann, 1984; Masciuch, 1988; Reissland, 1990; Trevarthen, 1992; Reddy, 2000)

  • Draghi-Lorenz et al developed a theoretical frame of reference for early nonbasic emotions to assess the possibility of more complex emotions in infants younger than 2 years, while giving a nod to theoretical and practical consequences

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Specialty section: This article was submitted to Emotion Science, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology. A commentary on Rethinking the development of “nonbasic” emotions: a critical review of existing theories by Draghi-Lorenz, R., Reddy, V., and Costall, A. Draghi-Lorenz et al (2001), in their well-cited review article (104 times in Google Scholar and 37 times in Web of Science, as of 07 December 2015), outlined current theories of emotional development in infants.

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