![]() There isn’t one neuron that is exclusively dedicated to certain emotions. “Human beings are not at the mercy of mythical emotional circuits buried deep within animalistic parts of our highly evolved brain: we are architects of our own experience.”įeldmans research found that no specific brain region was identified as the location for any single emotion, but that emotions arise from various firing neurons. We construct our own emotional experiences and how we perceive other peoples emotional experiences. The overwhelming data concludes that emotions are not hard wired brain reactions nor are they built in at birth, instead they are CONSTRUCTED by US. ![]() For the past twenty five years neuroscientist Lisa and her team have examined facial expressions, physiological responses in the body and looked at all the other available scientific research. In her book How Emotions are Made, Lisa Feldman Barrett highlights the gaps in traditional emotion research and proposes the need for a new way of thinking about emotions. ![]() ![]() I had to get my science head on for this read, but found it very enlightening and relevant to everyday living. ![]()
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