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The 'new' science they refer to (the actual premise of the article) is in this paragraph: > But according to the latest research, the human body probably works

The 'new' science they refer to (the actual premise of the article) is in this paragraph: > But according to the latest research, the human body probably works the other way around, Seth says. "The brain registers a grizzly bear, and that perception sets in train all the physiological responses." You get an adrenaline rush. Your heart rate goes up. You start breathing faster. Blood rushes to your muscles. And then the emotion comes. However the idea is not so new: > The James–Lange theory is a hypothesis on the origin and nature of emotions and is one of the earliest theories of emotion within modern psychology. [..] The basic premise of the theory is that physiological arousal instigates the experience of emotion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%E2%80%93Lange_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%E2%80%93Lange_theory

lanstin 5y ago
The sited author Lisa Barrett has come up with some pretty new and solidly basd on experimental and neurological experiments models of emotions. There's a great interview of her by Sean Carroll on his podcast: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2020/11/16/123-lisa-feldman-barrett-on-emotions-actions-and-the-brain/ https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2020/11/16/123-... It's not just that the physiological precedes the emotions, it's also that there's not really any universal human emotions, but each person and each culture kind of buckets these "predict how much energy my brain and body will need" responses into common buckets for discussion purposes. And we now have a lot of cross-cultural studies and neuronal activation timing studies to put some heft into what is rather sensible.
- h0l0cube 5y ago
  Thanks for sharing, that sounds interesting. I'll give it a listen Edit: Related summary on wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constructed_emotion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constructed_emotion

lanstin 5y ago

The sited author Lisa Barrett has come up with some pretty new and solidly basd on experimental and neurological experiments models of emotions. There's a great interview of her by Sean Carroll on his podcast: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2020/11/16/123-lisa-feldman-barrett-on-emotions-actions-and-the-brain/ https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2020/11/16/123-... It's not just that the physiological precedes the emotions, it's also that there's not really any universal human emotions, but each person and each culture kind of buckets these "predict how much energy my brain and body will need" responses into common buckets for discussion purposes. And we now have a lot of cross-cultural studies and neuronal activation timing studies to put some heft into what is rather sensible.

h0l0cube 5y ago
Thanks for sharing, that sounds interesting. I'll give it a listen Edit: Related summary on wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constructed_emotion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constructed_emotion