Emotions Essay, Research Paper

Well in the past it was first thought by a man named Tomkins that emotion

actually interfered with basic human drives, like lust and fear. It is known

that humans by nature become stimulated by certain variables like a loud noise

or possibly the sight of a spider. The question to scientists is whether or not

emotion and mood is formed through mind processes or biologically innate traits.

Scientists are searching the brain for a particular area that stimulates emotion

in humans. They have changed their idea that it might be the hippocampus and now

feel that part of it may come from the amygdala. Supposedly when something known

by our senses comes in interaction with us, an impulse is sent to this amygdala

and it sends another impulse to our cortex. We either form a positive or

negative response to what we see, hear, taste, or touch. It seems more logical

for a particular region of our brain to create this feedback, than for some

biological cause. I guess that means that we are born with these conceptions if

you are thinking from a biological standpoint. It makes sense that a person can

be trained from watching a particular response from another human being. If they

don?t see that something is supposed to be scary than they won?t fret when

they come in contact with this catalyst. The mind basically tells the body how

to react to a specific stimulus by processing it through the brain. We

experience certain emotions from engaging in positive and negative actions

throughout life so when stimulated again we know how to react. While for

something like lust, it is something that is in fact biological in nature,

because as humans we are born with these hormones that effect us. There is so

much to learn about emotions; it is hard to determine where all of them come

from. It seems like some are innate to humans while some are learned through

life. And is important that people and animals have certain emotions for such

things as survival and reproduction. It is important that we are in touch with

these emotions so we can evolve.