HOW EMOTIONS ARE ROOTED IN BIOLOLGY

How Emotions Are Rooted In Biology

How Emotions Are Rooted In Biology

Introduction

Biological responses, such as physical or psychological, derive emotions. However, culture plays a role in shaping up the way emotions are derived too. The most relevant theories of emotion, which consider the roles of biology and culture, are discussed.

Discussion

Short-lived physiological and psychological phenomena representing efficient adaptation to environmental changes are termed as emotions. Both biology, in terms of facial expressions, and culture, in terms of traditions and beliefs, influence the human emotion system. (Levenson, 1999)

Biology of Emotion

Emotion, based on the discoveries made through neural mapping, ...