Can We “Choose” an Emotion?
It seems natural to follow a discussion of the ultrasonic brain with the question “Do we choose an emotion or do they choose us?” The answer is: both. We have
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Emotion’s Window of Opportunity
A window of opportunity opens after our emotions activate and after their message arrives in the cortex for evaluation. Only then can we begin to think about what is happening
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Emotion’s “Ultrasonic” Speed
We noted previously that the emotions are the speedsters of the mind. Let’s understand more of what that means. They act with such speed that they make the analytical brain’s
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The Emotional Mind – Let’s Take a Closer Look!
Our understanding of how we function must constantly adjust to new data as science expands its knowledge of us and our self-understanding increases. Also, there is much that experience can
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Emotion and Responsible Ethics
The understanding of emotion has always been an integral part of the study of responsible ethics. Ethics tries to define how we should live and what is the “best” life
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Environment and Emotions
Does our environment, upbringing, and culture have a part to play in the formation of our emotional makeup? People often ask me this question. Answer: yes and no! They can
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Moods and Emotions – What’s the Connection?
Again, we are on tenuous ground. For our purpose, a mood is a positive or negative feeling that we nurture and find difficulty releasing from our mind. Our thoughts determine
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Are “Feelings” the Same as Emotions?
Perhaps we can best answer that for our purposes by saying that feelings are our conscious experience of emotions. We feel our emotions and that’s the way we recognize them
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What Is the Mode of Operation (MO) of Emotion?
Are emotions active or passive? Both! Sometimes emotions sweep over us and we feel happy. On the contrary, they may leave us feeling blah, with seemingly no feeling of urgency
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Emotions Mutate
An emotion can cross over and become its opposite in an instant. Yes, emotions mutate! The speed at which love can swing all the way into a bitter hate —
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Emotions Can Last a Lifetime
Neuroscience has attracted a great deal of attention over the last two decades. When examining emotion, it focuses more on the short-term emotional event in the brain, tracing the neural
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Tap Into the Force Within You!
Each strength in our temperament has emotions that drive it to fulfill its designed purpose — unless the emotion is contrary to the strength’s true purpose. (In that case, the
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