At 03:57 PM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
Krimel:
We know that emotions are localized in the brain in the evolutionarily
significant parts of the midbrain where they are found in most mammals. We
also know that humans have evolved large areas in both hemispheres of the
brain that give us rational thought. Those areas in the neo-cortex work for
us by combining inputs from all over the brain. They allow us to access our
senses and our memories and to compare the past with the present. The net
effect is to help us rationally decide whether to go with our automatic
habits or our emotional inclinations or to come up with something completely
novel. It isn't emotions or rational thought broken into pieces that matters
it is the integration and synthesis of this different modalities that get us
through the night.
Greeting Krimel,
I am curious about your use of the word 'We'. Who is this 'we'. In
what group are you including yourself? Do you mean you, a
neuroscientist, and your colleagues, or you, a plumber, and your
barber? Where did you learn this information? Unless you've been
conducting the actual experiments and can give a firsthand account,
maybe you can point to the source of the information.
Marsha
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