This is how positive and negative emotions are reflected in the body

positive and negative emotions

People indicated the places in the body where they feel basic emotions (top row) and more complex ones (bottom row). Warm colors show the regions that are most stimulated during emotion. Cool colors indicate disabled areas.


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Close your eyes and imagine the last time you fell in love. Maybe you were walking with your boyfriend through a park or you were staring at him in class. Where did you feel the love? Maybe you had "butterflies in your stomach" or your heart was racing. When a team of scientists in Finland Asked people to indicate where they felt different emotions in their bodies, they found surprisingly consistent results, even across cultural differences.

People reported that happiness and love unleashed activity through almost the entire body, while depression had the opposite effect: arms, legs and head became numb. The volunteers agreed that fear caused strong sensations in the chest area. And anger was one of the few emotions that activate the arms (you can imagine why).

Scientists hope that these body emoticons may one day help psychologists diagnose or treat mood disorders.

“Our emotional system in the brain sends signals to the body so that we can cope with our situation. Let's say you see a snake and feel fear. Your nervous system increases the flow of oxygen to your muscles and increases your heart rate so you can cope with the threat. It is an automated system. We don't have to think about it »said one of the psychologists who led the study.

The resulting images are very curious, especially if we observe that when you feel ashamed you become Spiderman.

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  1.   nicomalone said

    It is interesting to know how the body reacts to different stimuli. It is also education and morality that slows down responses to these or, on the contrary, unleashes it ... good contribution, thanks