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Emotion

Emotion

a strong feeling, aroused mental state, or intense state of drive or unrest directed toward a definite object and evidenced in both behaviour and in psychologic changes, with accompanying autonomic nervous system manifestations.

Origin: L. E-moveo, pp. -motus, to move out, agitate


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Re: The missing link

... referring to the effects on cognition and behavior of the first antipsychotic agents: a state of apathy, lack of initiative, and limited range of emotion, and in psychotic patients, reduction in confusion and agitation and normalization of psychomotor activity. It is still used for agents (e.g., ...

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by wbla3335
Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:11 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The missing link
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Re: Re:

... both cannot be increased simultaneously.......When one is high the other is low.......When one is more the other is less. When thinking is more, emotion is less......When emotion is more, thinking is less. It is just like "Physical Work" and "Mental Work".......both cannot ...

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by canalon
Thu May 03, 2012 2:54 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
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Also your separation of emotions from thoughts is incorrect. People think and feel at the same time. There is no temporal separation. Thanks for your recent posts on the topic. Thinking and Feeling can indeed happen simultaneously......but ...

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by sushil_yadav
Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:21 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
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Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment

... making the point but I'd thought it got posted. Glad to see it isn't here. Right you are ignoring the problem of habituation in your assessment of emotions, Also your separation of emotions from thoughts is incorrect. People think and feel at the same time. There is no temporal separation. It is ...

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by animartco
Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:40 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
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Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... words you only believe what you think you know, but can't be bothered to actually find out if it is correct. That's fair enough, belief based on emotion is a very difficult thing to combat, why should you want to change your comfort zone for the real world. :) Hope this post is short enough.

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by scottie
Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:48 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
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