What factors affect emotion?

evolution of emotion

innate vs. learned

learned by environment vs. upbringing

primates/animal communication

6 primitive emotions

anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise

how humans develop past those 6 emotions

association/grouping emotions together to get complex emotions

muscle movement-eyebrows

back to evolution: evolution of facial structure based on bigger minds and more complex emotions

drugs

enhancement/alteration of emotion

difference in reality and perception

neurotransmission of emotions

memory

what part of the brain produces emotions

limbic system, which is located in the temporal lobe

how the brain affects the way facial muscles work

hormones

link back to primates and evolution

link back to innate vs learned

link back to memory

main hormones that affect human emotion

Estrogen, Progesterone, Testosterone, Norepinephrine and Epinephrine, Serotonin, GABA, Dopamine, Acetylcholine, and Oxytocin.

limbic system in temporal lobe is responsible for keeping store of memory in the brain

human actions that increases levels of these hormones

link back to how this affects the brain and the part of the brain that controls emotion