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Historical actors are emotional beings. Studies of emotion and cognition over the past several decades show that emotions shape sensory perception, communication, motivation, and decision-making. This seminar explores the variety of ways that historians of science, medicine, and technology can approach the emotional worlds of historical subjects and integrate analysis of emotion-centered cognitive processes into their research. The seminar explores literature in philosophy of science, cognitive science, psychology, and history of emotions, alongside works and methods in history of science, medicine, and technology.