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EMOTION
Processesrelated
tothebody
Thoughtscantrigger
emotions,whichplayoutin
themindandinthebody.
Bodysensations,actualor
simulated,contributeto
feelings,whichcaninturn
infuencethought.
Theplatformforlearning,
memory,decision-making,and
creativity,bothinsocialand
non-socialcontexts.
Emotionalthought
Rationalthoughtcaninform
emotionalthought.Thisisthe
pathwayofhigh-levelsocial
andmoralemotions,ethics,and
motivatedreasoning.Creativity
canalsobeinformedbyhigh
reason.
Adhocimpositionofrational
evidenceonadecisionformulated
within”emotionalthought”
Muchofourmoraldecision-
makinghappensviathisroute.
rationalthought
Highreason/
.
COGNITION
FIGURE2.1.
Teemotionalthoughtoverlapbetweenemotionandcognition(Immordino-Yang
&Damasio,2007,p.8).
Tecrucialroleofemotioninthecognitiveprocesshasalsobeenrecognizedby
otherSLAscholars.MacIntyrecallsitutheprimaryhumanmotive,which[…]
functionsasanamplifier,providingtheintensity,urgencyandenergytopropelour
behaviour”(MacIntyre,2002,p.61).Asallhumanexperiences,includinglanguage
development,arebuiltonanemotionalfoundation(MacIntyre&Vincze,2017,
p.63),andalllearningisacombinationofcognitionandemotion(Lewis,2005),it
seemsviabletopostulatetheexistenceofalanguagelearningucognition-emotion
interface”
,aconceptthatwasproposedbyDörnyei(2009).
2.AScientificFrameworkforUnderstandingtheRoleofEmotionsinthe
LearningProcess
Inattemptingtoprovideasolid,research-basedcontextforunderstandingtherole
ofemotioninlearning,oneneedstobecarefulnottooveremphasizetheroleof
negativeemotion.AsSeligmanandCslkszentmihályipointout,thefocusoftradi-
tionalpsychologyuntiltheendofthe20thcenturywasmostlytoeliminatedeficits
andrepairdamage,withlittleattentiondevotedtounderstandingwhatmadelife
worthliving(2000,p.5).Tobalancethissituation,theyproposeshifingthefocus
towardbuildingpositivequalitieswhichmayimprovehowapersonfunctions.In
