Unlock the secrets of your emotional mind with a revolutionary control theory of affective states. This insightful book introduces ‘valent representation’ as a foundation for understanding emotions, pains, moods, and personality. Integrating philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, it offers sophisticated models for mental regulation. A must-read for psychology students, neuroscience researchers, and anyone in India keen on the cognitive science of emotion and deepening their grasp on the mind’s architecture. Explore a new framework for affective states and cognitive processes.