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title: _basic emotion theory_
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  _Basic emotion theory_ — the **older psychology of emotion** that Alan Cowen's
  semantic space theory differs from, as referenced in this channel's material
  on emotion-aware AI [^2c6179aa-ba58-5cc8-93bb-8237043cde99@72].
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# \_basic emotion theory\_

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/basic-emotion-theory-d9b3c9248476

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

_Basic emotion theory_ — the **older psychology of emotion** that Alan Cowen's semantic space theory differs from, as referenced in this channel's material on emotion-aware AI [^2c6179aa-ba58-5cc8-93bb-8237043cde99@72].

_Basic emotion theory_ is the **older psychology of emotion** that this channel's material contrasts against Alan Cowen's **semantic space theory** — the framework behind Hume's emotion-decoding AI [^2c6179aa-ba58-5cc8-93bb-8237043cde99@72].\{` `\}The episode frames the difference as the reason a modern emotion model reads emotion from voice and face differently than the older theory would: understanding *basic emotion theory* helps you see what semantic space theory changes about that reading [^2c6179aa-ba58-5cc8-93bb-8237043cde99@72].