Lövheim Cube of Emotions

Lövheim cube of emotion

Lövheim Cube of Emotion is a theoretical model for the relationship between the monoamine neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline and emotions. The model was presented in 2012 by Swedish researcher Hugo Lövheim.[1][2][3]

Lövheim classifies emotions according to Silvan Tomkins, and orders the basic emotions in a three-dimensional coordinate system where the level of the monoamine neurotransmitters form orthogonal axes. The model is regarded as a dimensional model of emotion.[4]

The main concepts of the hypothesis are firstly that the monoamine neurotransmitters are orthogonal variables, meaning involving independent pairs of neurotransmitters; and secondly the proposed one-to-one relationship between the monoamine neurotransmitters and emotions.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Motivation and emotion/Book/2015/Lövheim cube of emotion". 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ^ Lövheim, Hugo (2012). "A new three-dimensional model for emotions and monoamine neurotransmitters". Medical Hypotheses. 78 (2). Elsevier Ltd: 341–348. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2011.11.016. PMID 22153577.
  3. ^ Perry, Clint; Baciadonna, Luigi (2017). "Studying emotion in invertebrates: what has been done, what can be measured and what they can provide". Journal of Experimental Biology. 220 (21). The Company of Biologists: 3856–3868. doi:10.1242/jeb.151308. PMID 29093185. S2CID 531311.
  4. ^ Evans, Dylan (2019). Emotion A very short introduction (2nd ed.). New York, USA: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-883440-3.
  5. ^ Vallverdú, Jordi; Müller, Vincent (2019). Blended Cognition the Robotic Challenge. Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems. Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03104-6_1. ISBN 978-3-030-03104-6. S2CID 150611062.


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