14 Sep
2016
14 Sep
'16
9:54 a.m.
REMINDER:
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its
today's talk by Prof. *Alan P. Fiske* (UCLA, US)
[web <http://www.anthro.ucla.edu/faculty/alan-page-fiske> <http:/>].
*Title:* Kama Muta*:* The Tears-of-Joy, Goosebumps, Heart-Warming Emotion
of Holding Your Newborn Baby, Feeling Divine Love, Patriotic Devotion,
Social Support, and Pixar Movies
*Date*: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
*Time:* 17:00-18:30
*Location*: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 st. 7, room 101
*Abstract:* Abrupt changes in social motives are experienced as emotions.
In particular, sudden intensification of a communal sharing (CS)
relationship is felt as an emotion we call “kama muta” (Sanskrit ‘moved by
love’). Vernacular approximations include *being moved, touched,
heart-warming, rapture, megérintett*, and *megérint* – although none of
these exactly correspond to the psychological phenomenon. People may
experience kama muta (KM) when their own CS relationships suddenly
intensify, or when they observe others’ CS relationships suddenly
intensify. For example, people often feel KM when seeing the first
ultrasound of their baby, when the baby is born, in reunions, when
receiving a great kindness,at patriotic and memorial ceremonies, when
feeling a deity’s love, watching Pixar movies, or when seeing someone else
experience KM. When KM is intense, people typically cry, get goosebumps,
have a warm or other feeling in the center of the chest, or get choked up.
They may take a deep breath or say *awww.* KM is a very positive
experience that people seek out and eagerly share with other CS partners.
Consequently, a great many institutions, practices, narratives, and
artifacts have culturally evolved to evoke KM; they are prominent in a
great many diverse cultures across history. KM is easy to evoke in the
lab. One set of participants’ averaged moment-to-moment judgments of the
*closeness* of characters in a video predict with astounding precision four
other sets of participants’ averaged moment-to-moment self-reports of,
respectively, *being moved* or *touched,* tears, warm feelings in the
chest, and goosebumps.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/events
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