NEUR 001 Lecture 20: Emotion
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William james came up with a landmark theory of how emotions work (backed up by evidence by. If you were to randomly ask someone why we have particular emotions. Our brain"s process this information which causes us to become consciously aware and therefore have an emotional experience. Our feelings of happiness, sadness, etc. come from the emotional experience: see a snake, distinct physiological response pattern, experience fear, each emotional state has unique physiological patterns. There are discrete patterns to the physiological changes, behavioral changes, and hormonal changes that accompany each emotional state. Because we can have emotional responses in absence of external eliciting stimuli, then the emotional response and the emotional experience must occur simultaneously. Pattern of activation in the sensory thalami determines the emotion. Problems with each theory *** (may be asked a short answer about one of these)
