3 ms·
Advances in AI are making the connection between embodiment and cognition into a pressing question. But the idea that bodily sensations entirely precede emotio
by Jeff_Brown 3y ago
Advances in AI are making the connection between embodiment and cognition into a pressing question.
But the idea that bodily sensations entirely precede emotions seems absurd. If someone does something to make me mad, I "feel" it in my brain immediately, and it takes a while to get to, say, my hear.
- robg 3y agoThe adrenal cortex (i.e., fight-or-flight) is a good example where your brain-in-the-body reacts before your conscious awareness.
- truculent 3y agoThat assumes your perception of the ordering of events is reliable. But the brain is perfectly capable of retconning qualia (e.g. chronostasis).