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cognitiveaffective

Cognitiveaffective is a term used to describe the integrated study of cognitive and affective processes, focusing on how thinking, perception, memory, and decision making interact with emotions, mood, and motivation. The concept emphasizes bidirectional influences: affect can shape attention, interpretation, and memory encoding, while cognitive processes can influence how emotions are appraised and regulated.

The field draws on cognitive psychology and affective neuroscience. The cognitive-affective processing systems (CAPS) model, associated

Research areas include emotion-cognition interaction in decision making, social judgment, memory under emotional influence, and emotion

Applications span clinical interventions, education, and human–computer interaction. In technology, affective computing seeks to recognize and

See also: affective neuroscience, cognitive psychology, emotion regulation, CAPS.

with
Walter
Mischel,
describes
context-sensitive
patterns
of
thought
and
emotion
that
guide
behavior.
Appraisal
theories
of
emotion
explain
how
assessments
of
situations
elicit
emotional
responses
that
subsequently
modulate
cognitive
processing,
such
as
working
memory
and
attentional
control.
Neuroimaging
research
implicates
networks
involving
the
prefrontal
cortex,
amygdala,
and
anterior
cingulate
in
the
integration
of
cognitive
and
affective
information.
regulation.
Dysfunctions
in
cognitiveaffective
integration
are
observed
in
anxiety
and
mood
disorders,
where
attentional
biases,
rumination,
or
maladaptive
appraisals
affect
cognition
and
emotion.
respond
to
emotional
states
to
influence
cognitive
processing,
while
in
therapy,
approaches
such
as
cognitive-behavioral
and
emotion-regulation
strategies
address
the
interplay
between
thoughts
and
feelings.