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Jan 15, 2016 · Scientists believe that emotions arose in higher organisms because they helped them survive. Problems with biological systems that regulate the emotions often have precisely the opposite effect: having major depression or chronic, acute anxiety makes daily survival that much more difficult.
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Feb 1, 2016 · Their chapters on body and mind, emotions and memory, and neuroeconomics are particularly engaging, presenting the most recent scientific controversies in fair and neutral terms. They also discuss research on the neural substrates of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Jan 18, 2013 · Feelings are mental experiences of body states. They signify physiological need (for example, hunger), tissue injury (for example, pain), optimal function (for example, well-being),...
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The basic emotions are determined in large part by one of the oldest parts of our brain, the limbic system, including the amygdala, the hypothalamus, and the thalamus. (Note: We will explore the biology of emotions in greater depth later on in this chapter.)
The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘affect’ as emotion or desire, as influencing behaviour, and ‘feeling’ as an emotional state or reaction. Thus his term ‘affective feelings’ is close to defining these as emotions. However, he would term them ‘motivations’.
Jul 13, 2010 · Feeling and thinking are the conscious experiences associated with emotion and cognition, and much attention has focused on how they interact. The relationship has typically been viewed asymmetrically: thinking corrects and controls feelings.
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When researchers did begin to probe the neurobiology of feelings, they first focused on anatomy. They have traced emotional messages to such areas as the prefrontal cortex, just behind the forehead, and the ventral striatum, deep in the brain.
