Emotion and Cognition: Model

This model includes elements of emotion and cognition working in concert as based on current research. This research situates both emotion and cogntion in the individual head. Basically, a person interprets sensations through cognition. This "mediating cognition" allows the individual to determine the appropriate emotional and/or physiological reaction taking into account factors such as social relationships, culture, and memory. The resulting reaction may take the form of an emotion such as fear and/or a physiological response such as sweaty palms. These cognitively determined reactions then undergo more cognition which may lead to subsequent emotional and/or physiological reactions or may bring on completely new sensations.