Randolph M. Nesse (1992) Mood as a Communication Medium
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Psycoloquy 3(02): Mood as a Communication Medium
MOOD AS A COMMUNICATION MEDIUM
Reply to Dow on Mood
Randolph M. Nesse
Department of Psychiatry
C 440 Med-Inn Bldg.
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-0840
nesse@um.cc.umich.edu
Abstract
Dow's distinction between internal and external
functionsof mood parallels the traditional separation between the
communicative and motivational functions of mood. I am not
adopting the external approach but provide evolutionary
explanations of the several functions of mood. Both internal and
external aspects of mood need proximate as well as evolutionary
explanations.
Keywords
Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion,
adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry.
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