What are Emotions and Feelings?

Emotions and Feelings dominate our everyday life. But what exactly are Emotions and where in the brain can we find them?

In this video, we will dive into the science of 5 core emotions and discover what they are actually good for. Why do we have Emotions, to begin with, what is their purpose in our Evolution as social primates?

We will go through the 5 basic emotions and look at each one to gain an appreciation of Emotions and the complexity of them.

Context is extremely important when it comes to our emotional life. Different social situation, that might look superficially similar, demand very different emotional responses to them. Why is that?

Also, I will discuss the basic neuroscience of Emotions and where in the brain the 5 core emotions are located. This will provide you with a fundamental understanding of why we sometimes behave the way we do and what makes us uniquely human.

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Episode #3:    • How Emotions are made in your Brain  

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