PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Periaqueductal Gray, Vagus Nerve, Emotional And Behavioral Disorders
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Emotion can trigger action, impelling people to respond to specific goals, threats and opportunities in the environment. They powerfully and immediately steer people to specific ways of thinking and acting magical transformations. Although they can alter sound judgment and make people behave irrationally, they can also aid reason and are vital to healthy relationships and the effective pursuit of a good life. Emotions can be defined as brief, specific, multidimensional responses to challenges or opportunities that are important to our goals, especially our social goals. Usually an emotion lasts for seconds or minutes, not hours or days. Many physiological responses that accompany emotion sweaty palms, blushing, increased. Facial expressions of emotion typically last for 1 5 seconds blood pressure last dozens of seconds or minutes. In contrast, moods, such as feeling irritable or blue, can last for hours and even days. Emotional disorders, including depression and generalized anxiety, last for weeks or months or years.
