Quotes About Emotion

prefrontally mediated, in which we attribute these shifts to what we've seen in the other person. Naturally, such a complex pathway can be bogged down by rigid valenced plateaus of probability, which skew accurate interpretations of the meaning of sensations.

more directly influenced by the body and lower brain areas,

the left brain is logical, linguistic, and literal, the right brain is emotional, nonverbal, experiential, and autobiographical

The problem with an implicit memory, especially of a painful or negative experience, is that when we aren't aware of it, it becomes a buried land mine that can limit us in significant and sometimes debilitating ways.

Implicit recollections without explicit processing may be the source of the experience of flashbacks in the extreme case; more commonly it may serve as the origin of rigid implicit mental models that block a parent's ability to remain flexible and attuned to a child.

at these moments, logic isn't our primary vehicle for bringing some sort of

naming an affect soothes limbic firing. Sometimes we need to "name it to tame it." We can use the left language centers to calm the excessively firing right emotional areas.

Given that the limbic area shapes how we appraise the meaning of events, knowing the hand model and seeing the limbic area's distinct location from the higher areas of the cortex can help us realize that sometimes a "feeling" is indeed not a fact.

La amígdala, que tiene forma de almendra, desempeña un papel importante en la respuesta de miedo.

We don't choose between experiences, we choose between memories of experiences. Even when we think about the future, we don't think of our future normally as experiences. We think of our future as anticipated memories.

Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition.

As cognitive scientists have emphasized in recent years, cognition is embodied; you think with your body, not only with your brain.

There is at least one source of occasion noise that we have all noticed: mood.

Conflict between an automatic reaction and an intention to control it is common in our lives.

But you are alone. Yet I never tell what you are. And if your face lights up my world as no other can - well, this feeling too, when viewed as the mere psychologist has to view it, appears to be simply what all the other friends report about their friends.

I like movies that instill passion in the viewer. I like movies that can teach us about who we are as people.

As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.

I've always wanted to be a songwriter and a storyteller and somebody who conveys a feeling to the listener or the viewer.

Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. And if you strike out on the finale it skews how you feel about the entire series.

Comedy is like horror - you have to shock something in the viewer's system to make them feel it.

Smart writers really take their time in investing in backstories and characters. As a viewer, you have to invest in them and love them before you can chip away at what's going on more on a deeper level with secondary characters.

I do think that the emotional weight of 'Biutiful' has blinded some viewers to the beauty and complexity of the film.

I like to show love in a way that will bring a smile or a tear to viewers.

My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral.