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In Print
Planalp, S. (1999).Communicating emotion: Social, moral, and cultural processes.New York: Cambridge University Press.
A book that discusses scientific and folk theories of emotion to clarify current theory and research findings on how emotion is communicated.
Seuss, Dr. (1996). My many colored days. New York: Knopf, Inc.
A different kind of Dr. Seuss book that associates days with different colors, each of which represents an emotion. With the simplicity of a children's book, the rhyming narrative describes the actions that these feelings call forth.
Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes' error: Emotion, reason, and the human brain. New York: Avon Books.
The author of this book is a neuroscientist who reviews cases of people with brain injuries to argue that emotions and feelings are central to human rationality and decision-making.
On the Web
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/emoticons.html
A website that provides interpretations of numerous emoticons.
The website for the Consortium of Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, which reviews recent books, identifies unresolved questions, and provides links to research reports on emotional intelligence.
On Film
Data's day [Star trek: The next generation]. Gene Roddenberry (Creator/Executive Producer). Syndicated. January 7, 1991.
An episode of the science-fiction series that follows Lieutenant Commander Data, an android office on the starship Enterprise, as he seeks to understand human emotions.
Wimmer, K. (Director). (2002). Equilibrium [Motion picture]. United States: Blue Tulip.
A film about a future society in which feelings have been outlawed to prevent the rash behaviors that strong emotions can cause. One man in charge of enforcing the law ends up fighting for the right to feel.