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Emotions

How are you feeling now? Can you recognize the emotion of it? Anyway, we hope you are feeling great today! Today, let’s dive into human’s emotion🙂☹️😡😱🤢😮! What is Emotion? Emotion is the conscious experience that is subjective to each individual. For example, one may feel anger and grieve at the loss of a loved one while others may experience extreme sadness. It consists of two components : A physiological (bodily) response , which is not limited to automatic bodily responses, pounding heart, and sweating palms. A subjective feeling , which includes sadness, happiness, surprise, anger, fear, and disgust. Theories of Emotions Below are the explanations for the 2️ common theories of emotion that explained how humans experience emotion: 🔸James-Lange Theory of Emotions🔶 This theory suggests that emotion arises from physiological arousal. When our organs receive external impulses, the afferent impulses would be first delivered to the cortex through the spinal cord and perceive the o...