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Agreed. Brains are not pre-wired with neurons dedicated to a specific emotion. Key insight to the science of emotion: "emotions are constructions of the world, not reactions to it" "How Emotions Are Made" by . Quick primer to her work:
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I like it. It's similar to @LFeldmanBarrett theory of constructed emotion: "your brain makes an emotion by using prior experiences of emotion to predict and explain incoming sensory inputs, and guide action." interview: wired.co.uk/article/lisa-f article: affective-science.org/pubs/2017/barr
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