PSY260H1 Chapter Notes -Autonomic Nervous System, The Automatic, Paul Ekman
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Memories concerned with strong emotions will most likely be remembered more than events that are not. It is a cluster of three distinct but interrelated responses: physiological responses (changes in heart rate, etc), overt behaviours (facial expressions, tone of voice, etc), and conscious feelings (sadness, happiness, etc). Paul ekman suggests that there is a small set of universal emotions that are hardwired into humans from birth. These are happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise. All humans can recognize the markers of these emotions in others. The outward expression of emotions can be modified by culture and society. The problem we face when answering this question is that we do not understand what we mean when we say emotional memory. The emotion in the moment, when you experience it, is different than when you remember it. Do you have the pain you are remembering or are you remembering simply the fact that you felt pain.
