Emotions
Well in the past it was first thought by a
man named Tomkins that emotion
actually interfered with basic human drives,
like lust and fear. It is known
that humans by nature become stimulated by
certain variables like a loud noise
or possibly the sight of a spider. The
question to scientists is whether or not
emotion and mood is formed through
mind processes or biologically innate traits.
Scientists are searching
the brain for a particular area that stimulates emotion
in humans. They have
changed their idea that it might be the hippocampus and now
feel that part of
it may come from the amygdala. Supposedly when something known
by our senses
comes in interaction with us, an impulse is sent to this amygdala
and it
sends another impulse to our cortex. We either form a positive or
negative
response to what we see, hear, taste, or touch. It seems more logical
for a
particular region of our brain to create this feedback, than for
some
biological cause. I guess that means that we are born with these
conceptions if
you are thinking from a biological standpoint. It makes sense
that a person can
be trained from watching a particular response from another
human being. If they
don’t see that something is supposed to be scary than
they won’t fret when
they come in contact with this catalyst. The mind
basically tells the body how
to react to a specific stimulus by processing it
through the brain. We
experience certain emotions from engaging in positive
and negative actions
throughout life so when stimulated again we know how to
react. While for
something like lust, it is something that is in fact
biological in nature,
because as humans we are born with these hormones that
effect us. There is so
much to learn about emotions; it is hard to determine
where all of them come
from. It seems like some are innate to humans while
some are learned through
life. And is important that people and animals have
certain emotions for such
things as survival and reproduction. It is
important that we are in touch with
these emotions so we can evolve.