The Neuroscience of Emotions

Google Tech Talks
September 16, 2008

ABSTRACT

The ability to recognize and work with different emotions is fundamental to psychological flexibility and well-being. Neuroscience has contributed to the understanding of the neural bases of emotion, emotion regulation, and emotional intelligence, and has begun to elucidate the brain mechanisms involved in emotion processing. Of great interest is the degree to which these mechanisms demonstrate neuroplasticity in both anatomical and functional levels of the brain.

Speaker: Dr. Phillippe Goldin

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  Science & Technology

[ehmfrancisco]

recognizing and understanding emotions gives us flexibility in dealing with our everyday life.

[PostgodAfterbirth]

The conversation in here is CRAZY. I thought I came to watch a video about the brain. |x.x|

[Matthew Wynn]

One thought at a time.

[Ryan Merkle]

Please type "True Theory of Everything Quadrant Model of Reality 1" for the theory of everything. Thank you.

[Steve Bergman]

Previous to this I would have said that the only place where a spiritual program could get assigned a TLA would be NASA.

[Claudia Bubula]

In sickness and in health, understanding mental processes prescribes a lifestyle, encourages individual personal development. The common factors affecting our education/social class, wellness/health is founded on neurological connectivity, circulation and activity. If our neural circuitry affects the left and right hemispheres of the brain, then how does this process invoke intellectual capita? Do actions and impulses have mental encoding? How do we control and master our own thought process?

[MegaK311]

Beautifully explained! in part, is exactly what Carl Rogers' encourages in his Theory (if you are not familiar with it---look it up!) but is explained in scientific terms 

[idontknowwhatnicktou]

wtf does it even mean?

[Jordan Howell]

How do i increase or change my intrapersonal intelligence. Why am i always depressed, why don't i have motivation. I can be content, feel love, and one hour later be the opposite. I am so in love with a woman and cannot seem to be stable in..expressing myself or caring for myself. or her. i cant really even explain this now...but i love her, how can i change?!

[Haseeb2]

@Monsieurturmoil What you stated solidified what my claim which is that psychopaths have a high EQ. If a psychopath can read an average person's emotions like a road map, then their EQs are off the charts high.

[Monsieurturmoil]

This is not being rude but it's really not as simple as that, or in fact like that.

Functional psychopaths ( i.e. those who do not have mental illnesses), whom you come across most days I'm sure, you'll like a lot; why?

Because they emote perfectly with you, because their emotions are actually your emotions merely reflected. As they have no emotional needs they can be you, they mirror you and can then manipulate you.

To a psychopath an average persons emotions are read as easily as a road map