Thanks for your comment. I think we are actually starting to ask the right questions. Certainly focusing on behaviour instead of some vague cognitive or emotional constructs has brought the theory-theory (think university) and real-life-theory (think leadership and management programs) closer together.

In my perspective science has a lot to catch up when it comes to having practical implications in everyday life. However, those leadership and management programs can also benefit from it, as using sound science principles will definitely affect effect size of the training.

Thank you for writing this article. It was a joy to read.
My attention goes out to the experiments where (short term memory) emotional recognition seems to have a major influence in conscious recall and therefore behaviour.
It connects emotional intelligence theories in leadership and management programmes with the ‘therapeutic’ observations of transferance and counter-transferance obstruction of inter-personal communication. (2nd element of Prof Petruska Clarkson’s 5 Relationship model).
I also read your article on Behavioral Assessment of Social Anxiety in the Free Speech Task.
I wonder if you have had any thoughts on repeting these experiments with people who live or have lived with an Alcohol Dependency. As this group suffer from extreme forms of social anxiety.
Kind regards
Eddy Kloprogge