It is generally accepted that emotions influence beliefs but until recently little research has been done on exactly how this effect takes place. This important new book explores the relationship between emotions and beliefs from a number of psychological perspectives and seeks to develop coherent theoretical principles for understanding it. Contributors vi The influence of emotions on beliefs 1(9) Nico H. Frijda Antony S. R. Manstead Sacha Bem Feeling is believing: Some affective influences on belief 10(35) Gerald L. Clore Karen Gasper Beliefs through emotions 45(33) Nico H. Frijda Batja Mesquita The sentiments and beliefs of distributed cognition 78(30) Keith Oatley Feeling is believing? The role of processing strategies in mediating affective influences on beliefs 108(36) Joseph P. Forgas The formation of beliefs at the interface of affective and cognitive processes 144(27) Klaus Fiedler Herbert Bless Anxiety, cognitive biases, and beliefs 171(14) Michael W. Eysenck A cognitive dissonance theory perspective on the role of emotion in the maintenance and change of beliefs and attitudes 185(27) Eddie Harmon-Jones Relationship beliefs and emotion: Reciprocal effects 212(29) Margaret S. Clark Ian Brissette Index of authors 241(6) Index of subjects 247