Neuroscientist Answers Emotion Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

[@jannetteberends8730]

I loved it that he used one of my statistical statements: the differences in the group are greater than the differences between the groups. That made my day

[@xfranczeskax]

I'll try to remember that. I've heard it in another context as well, and it really explains why people of a group will be at each other's throats whenever their group is being discussed stereotypically.

[@AnthonyRusso93]

Yeah you totally came up with that it is totally yours. People say good thing we have Jannette Berends who invented "the difference is not statistically significant" we threw all of our p-tests and x-square tests into the air in celebration of someone who isn't noteworthy enough to have a username of their name that doesn't require a four letter string suffixing it to prevent a redundancy with a prior existing username.

[@dinodude7290]

@@AnthonyRusso93 hey man, are you okay? do you want a glass of milk?

[@brooke26019]

@@AnthonyRusso93ooh look everyone, an empirical example of the statement!

[@vulcanfeline]

saved for next time someone says "all boomers are...."

[@quietearthMT78]

"What is grief, but love persevering?"

[@RacingSnails64]

"Grief is love with nowhere to go." "To grieve deeply is to have loved fully." 🥲

[@Ninaagabi]

@@RacingSnails64I AM SOBBING 😭

[@leanna2624]

Grief carves a place in the heart and sits there forever. But when focused it can be a powerful motivator. Sadness becomes resolve and pain becomes action.

[@macklinillustration]

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard"

[@jspur6]

@@macklinillustrationbeautiful quote

[@AndrewMalkin]

Men think that women are more emotional because they don't consider anger as an emotion. Also, many men were raised thinking that anger is the only ok emotion to show.

[@jakubport7361]

You're the kind of man who asks his girlfriend for a permission to go to the bar with your mates.

[@Gerrieeeeee]

​@@jakubport7361you sound offended

[@anleyensha2586]

@@jakubport7361 and you're the kind of a man who doesn't have a girlfriend.

[@blake7587]

No it’s because women are more emotional and that’s been well known since the 1950s. 😂

[@submrge]

@@blake7587 men and women are both emotional, men just don't recognize anger and violence as emotions.

[@she-hulkSMASHES]

I love Tech Support! Wired, please never stop airing this segment!

[@TheBennygutierrez]

When kids are taught that their emotions are ok but need to be addressed and handled, we will eliminate the question of whether men or women are more emotional.

[@RacingSnails64]

I agree we definitely need more emotional intelligence in society, it would help solve so many problems in communication. But I don't think it's wrong to admit that men and women process things differently either. In fact it can be helpful to understanding our reactions. Men are generally more prone to aggression, and women are generally more prone to neuroticism/negative emotions (sadness, shame, envy, guilty, etc.) That's not to say men can't feel shame/envy and that women can never be aggressive, just that these are trends observed in most men and most women. Keyword there being "most," not "all." There's always exceptions. Trends should never be enforced or expected, but they shouldn't be completely ignored either. People of both sides of the debate seem to think that either exceptions or trends can't/shouldn't exist, when that can be problematic as acknowledging such things can provide valuable information. Just my two cents :)

[@plainsalt]

@@RacingSnails64 Menare more prone to that because they aren't taught how to address and handle their emotions in healthy ways so their best tool for coping ends up as them channeling their sadness, shame, envy, guilty, etc, through aggression. Women can very much be aggressive but are less likely since they're taught to keep quiet about their frustrations and anger and be convenient, which then turns into girls feeling shame, sadness and guilt. This is socialization and newer generations of men are more free to express emotion, and women are more free to set boundaries, say no and be loud.

[@_xymi]

@@RacingSnails64 men and women address things differently because theyre TAUGHT to.

[@X9523-z3v]

Right. So many men can't stand a woman who demands the world revolve around her, yet no life lessons will reach his daughter

[@LuisPatasdelana-pi3jr]

We should teach girls to stop their periods too so they won't bleed pointlessly anymore...Hormones play a role on female emotions, so i don't think that it can be reteached, even if we try. (isn't pms a thing?)

[@sharoneicher7895]

First time I have heard anyone in Psychology state that animals have feelings. Anyone who lives with animals knows this to be true, but in my college Psych courses, this was NOT the standard belief and not what we were taught. Happy to see this has changed!!

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

I have never once heard that animals don’t have feelings. How could that be possible if we test how different stimuli make animals feel and how those feelings make them react/behave?

[@chachachii_]

that's crazy, I always thought they had feelings.

[@BroArmyCommander]

@@nataliaalfonso2662 I guess she's referring to emotion rather than feeling. Then you'd have to define what emotions are and you can see why people are still on both sides

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

@@BroArmyCommander but she didn’t write “emotions.” Hence nothing she said is correct. We can’t go around guessing that people knew wtf they were talking about when they themsevles can’t be bothered to state it clearly.

[@Tardisntimbits]

​@@nataliaalfonso2662She said "feelings", not "feeling". People often refer to their emotions as "their feelings". Are you being obtuse on purpose, or are you just feeling like tearing someone down today?

[@reneamuir]

the gut-brain axis is something that i learned about a while back that is still so fascinating. even down to the foods you consume can have an effect on your brain.

[@kullsta7304]

It gets even worse, the foods your parents, or even grandparents had, have a similar effect on your brain through epigenetics

[@SpotAllen]

The first eureka awe I got on this front was (sorry for TMI) when I really thought about how _thinking_ about certain things, could cause a _physiological response_ down south. It's actually quite wild.

[@MossyMozart]

The GI tract is also our biggest, most complex organ of immunity.

[@derrickstorm6976]

I mean even without the gut-brain neural connection, the food you'd congest would have a chemical but delayed effect on your brain

[@hangontofaith]

I had no idea the gut literally has a mind of its own. Neurons are in there?!

[@will9001asd]

When I have random thoughts, I don't let them pass. I write them down and read them later. Because later, how i feel about what I wrote down will actually come with edits and the thoughts become more well rounded. Those thoughts could not have grown if I had not wrote them down and revisited them.

[@stephaniebates1504]

That’s fascinating and an interesting way of phrasing the idea. I’m going to try that.

[@beckyoehler7434]

My grandpa had a series of strokes shortly before he passed, and near the end he wasn't able to talk, but he could still laugh. Our brains are amazing!

[@beerasaurus]

Nobody is more emotional than me. I have the biggest emotions, the best emotions. I’ve known emotions personally for years. He’s a great guy a great guy. Let my tell ya.

[@Skrenja]

Tremendous emotions.

[@JoshuaTootell]

You can ask anybody, I have the most emotions.

[@Krullfath]

Stop wasting people's time with useless comments in the future...

[@joshuawoodward9206]

​@Krullfath you ever been on social media before? It exists to be useless.

[@tony_mo]

​@@Krullfath he's making a Donald Trump joke. Because that's the way Trump tends to communicate and in this situation it's quite impromptu and fun to read.

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

Anyone noticed in the chapters and timelines for "what is love?' @ 18:45 there's the "baby don't hurt me" 🤣

[@BowieTheOctoBear]

😂😂😂 reminded me of those ramp walks 😂

[@MiNat-ku7tw]

music always kicks in :D

[@mastod0n1]

​@@MiNat-ku7tw and then the Jim Carrey head dance starts involuntarily

[@topsgaming4266]

Don't hurt me.. no more

[@c4tac133]

I just saw it when i saw this comment

[@bbexx92]

Men aren't given permission to be sad and women aren't given permission to be angry. However, when my grandmother was in hospice my uncle showed a lot of anger and my mother showed a lot of sadness. People were a lot more judgmental of my mom and they disregarded the fact that my uncle was being not only just as emotional, but also hurting people around him. Anger is an emotion.

[@Ziqver]

I don't know any men that don't know that anger is an emotion.

[@ericv4347]

@@Ziqver I think the point here is that people tend to call someone expressing sadness "emotional" while someone who's angry isn't labeled that. Men and women are both emotional if you ask me.

[@Crawldragon]

I'm sorry but that's complete nonsense. Women have their anger validated all the time and men are treated like they're dangerous when they express anger. All you have to do is look at the way people talk about men and women to observe that this is true. Start by examining what people are talking about when they say "the only emotion men are allowed to express is anger" to the exclusion of a plethora of examples of men expressing love, sadness, joy, and grief.

[@KernelHughes]

Men can weaponize tears to their advantage the same way they accuse women of doing.

[@dannymenendez6063]

Glad Elliot Gould took some time to become a neuroscientist and give us some great answers

[@CarrieMHB222]

@dannymenendez6063 I thought something similar. lol

[@cc1k435]

The profile only convinced me more. 😂

[@elishaneko]

I was searching for that comment 🤌

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

So I'm not the only one seeing the similarity.

[@dourqueemotive4441]

Great. Fantastic. Wonderful. Now that I know brain shrinks with stress, I also know why I can't function as well as I used to. Which stresses me out a bit more. But thank you for this. I'll be quitting my job before the year ends.

[@Ash-uj3ow]

+1

[@marh7124]

What about lawyers and judges though? They’re in constant stress and are still some of the brightest individuals

[@tomorrow4eva]

​@@marh7124ideally their high pay allows them to pay for support and good holidays, offsetting the job stress.

[@amicaaranearum]

@@marh7124 Survivor’s bias. If you can’t effectively manage stress, you tend not to last long in those professions.

[@AnymMusic]

9:59 I would agree that emotions are less dichotomous. Cause something like Melancholy, I feel like is a mixture of joy AND sadness, which would be impossible on the emotion wheel

[@HaleyJo1992]

Hm, I've never thought of opposite emotions as being unable to exist together. Being opposite doesn't make them mutually exclusive.

[@testsubject2496]

Interesting example. I wonder if melancholy could be could be thought of as an after image effect but for emotions?

[@Gandhi_Physique]

Not sure what melancholy is, but it is definitely that way for nostalgia. When I hear Minecraft music, man it is sad, but I am also really happy to have had great experiences through playing it.

[@ianmaclellan7623]

The gaze aversion is something I have never understood about myself.

[@SunnyGoesIn1D]

Until now you mean? When he explained it?

[@Rithmy]

interestingly there are theories about faces being too emotional or not emotional emotion hence they look away

[@skybluskyblueify]

@@Rithmy ? What are you saying. I dont understand. Can you elaborate?

[@username_n3f]

I remember in middle school, casually meeting eyes with anyone would give me such an intense emotional and physical reaction. I want to say it's anxiety since I haven't been diagnosed with autism (at least not yet). To this day, I cannot bring myself to look at people in their cars driving next to me my brain won't allow it!

[@exosproudmamabear558]

I do it when I get anxietic too much. It is just difficult to look peoples faces it overloads my brain.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Why do we cry when we laugh really hard? Does our body interpret this as some sort of distress? Why lubricate the eye in such a moment?

[@HeidiThompson7]

That's a really good question!

[@RaphTowers]

Laughing and crying are controlled by the same areas of the brain (like the limbic system), which govern emotions, also when you laugh hard, the muscles in your face contract, including those around the eyes. This can put pressure on the tear ducts, causing tears to be squeezed out.

[@marh7124]

I thought it was just your body regulating your emotions, so that it’s not too extreme

[@RealJMAC]

To me, 'cringe' is the self observed 'embarrassment' based on the actions or behaviors of others. It's a feeling that is impacted based on the life experiences of the one feeling the 'cringe'

[@HeidiThompson7]

It's sorta like second-hand embarrassment

[@thecountofgoldmoor1332]

I'm only halfway into the video but I LOVE this person.

[@Idontconsentnorgivepermission]

I don't.

[@SarushaIsMyName]

I love that the colors for Joy and Sadness match the movie Inside Out. Fantastic.

[@Betelgeu5e]

Emotional Maturity = Emotional Intelligence (capacity to effectively regulate emotions and capacity for emotional awareness). This is what they should teach PREP students with, but alas. Nowadays, kids grow up to be so desensitized because of the technology. If humans are more advance and have great capacity for emotional intelligence and emotional awareness there will be less wars and bloodshed.

[@Alfred-q4l]

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

Would be profound if I were 13, but yeah a lot of things don't have an exact desire attached. Comparison is said to be the thief of joy, but constant thinking about the purpose and trying to plan every action does much the same.

[@vishalmalavath]

Such a lovely and scientific discourse towards emotions ! Well done Wired!!

[@WillN2Go1]

I like the emotions wheel. Looking at it raises a lot of questions. After all, how old were you when you learned that the opposite of love wasn't hate, it was indifference? This reminds me of the early versions of the Periodic Table, it wasn't much more than a list, but Medeleev was the first to see the relationships. As it evolved it became more and more useful and powerful.

[@gabor6259]

Saying that the opposite of love is indifference, is like saying the opposite of black is gray.

[@WillN2Go1]

@@gabor6259 So how old are you, and you still don't know this?

[@spoodysnail7624]

If indifference is the opposite of love then indifference would be the opposite of every emotion, the opposite of 5 is -5 not 0

[@TheOneWhoAsked.1]

Love is a bit of "I care about you" and hate is also "I care about you, negatively" So it can be opposites like "I care about you" (love) is opposite to "I dont care about you" (indifference) Idk if this makes as much sense in this comment as it did in my head 😅

[@vilivaan]

@@TheOneWhoAsked.1 If I hate someone I wish they wouldnt exist. If I am indifferent towards someone I dont care if they exist. If I love someone I wish they would keep existing (preferably with me.) What you are saying about caring but negatively to me sound more like annoyance or anger. Hate is greater than that. This is how I have always viewed it.

[@bone3695]

Talk of serotonin and chemical imbalance also reminded me of another thing I thought of mentioning - serotonin imbalances can actually cause hallucinations, at least that's what my psychiatrist told me. It's crazy what a single or a few chemicals being out of whack can do to the human body and mind. Like Dr. Davidson said, it could also cause a cascade of effects, very fascinating.

[@sembalo1776]

It's insane how complex the brain is

[@Crokuz]

You can't convince me that's not Elliott Gould

[@MossyMozart]

Why would we even try?

[@Fattony6666]

He's certainly as good as Gould

[@JerryC25]

Lmao

[@squaretriangle9208]

😂 if Glenn Gould would have thought about going into medicine, wait, wasn't he a dentist?

[@angie.alexander]

​@@squaretriangle9208🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@artonion420]

“Contemplative aerobics”, also known as yoga imho

[@mreis221]

8:07 Originally, 'cringe' was a verb used to describe the physical reaction to secondhand embarrassment. Today, it's commonly used as an adjective, but the emotion it evokes remains the same-secondhand embarrassment. It definitely carries those others mentioned as well.

[@vida8356]

The relations among human organs just proves once again that human body works as a whole. For whatever reason we kept separating our body to "brain" and "other parts" and we kept referring to the brain as a separate organ that control the body single-handed when in fact, our whole body works as a system all the time. This might not be a new idea or theory to some, but it's definitely fascinating for me and I really tried to pay more attention to what I consume is every way (eating as well as seeing or hearing, basically whatever enters our body) ever since.

[@sacgeekgirl]

My tummy feels better now ❤

[@PercivalDunlop]

So chill, great atmosphere here!

[@PlaceHolderHandleOrWhaver]

Learning that the face feeds back emotional information to the brain so as to better stead its reactions actually fascinating. That’s something which when you learn about it seems so obvious, yet I never have it any thought.

[@DoraHousman]

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

[@Zymo3614]

Whoever did the chapters in this video, I love you

[@radiumbreon2109]

The way he pronounces “maturity” is sending me 💀

[@enihi]

Have you tried meditating on it?

[@Azrael666555]

Thanks for pointing it out! As a non-native English speaker I thought it sounded odd but wasn't sure but you confirmed by suspicion. 😁

[@brianloper6669]

I was looking for this. I thought he was joking at first. I wonder if that’s common somewhere 🤔

[@chro.]

my grandpa says it this way and i get so mad at it lol

[@insevered2730]

@@Azrael666555yeah that pronunciation is common for older people the newer generations don’t pronounce it that way anymore. Everyone always remember in America when they would have that one English teacher who would say mature that way and be completely insufferable😂

[@Taima]

You know a scientist is about that life when they pronounce "maturity" that way.

[@19751222]

I don’t think being emotional is a bad thing. Just don’t let the emotion hurt yourself.

[@LenaMalory]

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

[@EliasMheart]

3:55 I'd say, we ARE that chemical soup, not just living in it xD

[@Bobelsey11]

“The idea that there is gonna be a single molecule associated with a specific disease or specific emotion is absolutely a myth” ~feeling validated~

[@jeannejohnson6174]

Men are absolutely as emotional. My husband is way way way more emotional than anyone I've ever met. It's really person by person dependent.

[@rob.parsnips]

Perfect example of anecdotal reasoning.

[@jeannejohnson6174]

@rob.parsnips you don't know the meaning of anecdotal? Anecdotal would be saying that my husband is emotional, therefore all men are more emotional. I said everyone is unique, which isn't anecdotal at all. Please don't use words you don't understand.

[@michelleb2722]

yeah, my relationship is the same way. I think everyone is "internally emotional", of course, and it just depends on the person as to how outwardly you express those emotions, regardless of gender

[@nickthompson1812]

@@jeannejohnson6174you literally did say that, Jeanne. Your first sentence is “men are absolutely as emotional” and then use an anecdote to prove it, your husband. Once again, you let the emotions get to you rather than using logic.

[@stephenmoore5390]

@@nickthompson1812*mic drop*

[@s3cr3tsquar333]

this show is ALWAYS terrific.

[@ModelAaliyahAustin-z5n]

Not only can cognitive therapy be as successful as medication, but exposure therapy for something such as OCD can be even more successful than medication.

[@crix_h3eadshotgg992]

These dumbass bots

[@petersimon7266]

Wow bots are getting intelligent

[@MossyMozart]

I took a course of cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety. There were a number of OCD persons in the group. (None of them were as paralyzed as in _Monk._ )

[@MossyMozart]

​@@petersimon7266 - Are you an anger bot?

[@CyrusLagom]

​@@MossyMozart Look at the pfp and when that account is made. A day ago, it's a bot

[@AggressivelyLoving]

Here is an emotion to you guys: I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

[@MossyMozart]

_THANK YOU !_

[@turbotrup96]

Would be nice if he added something to the "brain shrinkage" during stress, like: can it be reversed and how?

[@artonion420]

I agree. He goes into neurogenesis later in the video, not specifically about stress but still. To some degree it can be reversed, especially with meditation, and what he jokingly calls contemplative aerobics in the video, what I would call yoga.

[@HolsteinDevil]

5:40 I have Bipolar 2 and have to take meds to regulate my mood swings. However, the meds also kinda “subdue” my feelings. Even my psychiatrist admitted that that is the case for me and I have to trade off for not having to be majorly depressed. Having less feelings is not exactly a good thing tbh. I no longer feel passions or urges. I’m not a complete zombie but I’m just more careless about myself and my goals. In my opinion, being able to experience sadness is better than feeling nothing cuz at least you can feel joy as well.

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

Yeah this whole idea of trying to medicate away perfectly sensible depression is very insane.

[@lizard3755]

​@@nataliaalfonso2662 Clinical depression isn't the same as the emotion though, although it is true that they often get conflated and someone is treated for clinical depression when that's not what they're needing

[@shara_kb]

4:45 - just to clarify for folks who might be confused, "Arousing" in terms of the brain just means it triggers more neural activity. Not that they're irresistibly attracted to your face.

[@Codys-girl]

This was posted for me. Thank you

[@mattk4110]

This is my emotional support Wired interviewee

[@eliospokefan1386]

Underrated comment lol

[@connordenison4856]

Love this episode and this guy! Great video

[@vlmellody51]

I remember when my cat, Junior died. His mate, Sasha, was distraught for days afterward.

[@leanna2624]

@1:57, three words, Resting B face. I can recall a customer at the bank thought something was wrong with their account. I said,"I'm sorry, that just my face. I haven't logged yet. " 😂😂

[@lizard3755]

I used to have serious RBF and because of how often I had to fake my resting face I basically retained my muscles to go to that expression instead of my natural resting face. It's cool but also weird.

[@thevoraciousscribe]

I'm a little surprised he didn't mention that not being able to feel your feelings is a trauma symptom 😅

[@feynstein1004]

I went down to the comment section and now I feel obliged to ask, is there a cure for stupidity?

[@NourElHoudaHere]

Sadly not

[@pinalimon]

Thanks God, no

[@feynstein1004]

@@NourElHoudaHere :/

[@feynstein1004]

@@pinalimon Case in point

[@Abyss777]

nah dw girl... just look at em, read em.. and just say to urself "dang... i really am that smart am i not" cuz yes.. u are!

[@AngelaSealana]

What a delightful and insightful video!

[@travellingbarista]

pls can we get a 'Social psychologist answers prejudice questions'

[@kirbylover37]

Imagine explaining your request to a caveman lol

[@samarthchohan106]

@@travellingbarista is this a serious comment?

[@Krullfath]

That would be funny

[@RedTail1-1]

Please can we not?

[@sophiat9111]

love that you invited Dr. Davidson for this!

[@RutuparnaDeshpande]

"possibility of contemplative aerobics" gurl you just reinvented yoga

[@324cmac]

No. On the contrary, I often find men to be more emotional and women to be more pragmatic. Men have just been told they aren't supposed to show their emotions in public.

[@opalhensley7566]

This collab is pure gold!

[@chezcelestiana]

would loveee to hear Dr. Davidson's thoughts on all about love by bell hooks

[@cecilypowell3446]

He looks just like Ross Geller’s dad! ❤

[@Sjalabais]

Fantastically done, with great patience and insight.

[@LadyPantera57]

So many great nuggets to ponder!

[@claireanderson289]

I WORKED IN HIS RESEARCH LAB 😱❤️

[@InfamousMax]

3:00 on the serotonin thing: I stopped reciving serotonin based anti-depressants and switched to a meth deriative and within 2 yrs my depression nearly vanished I am depressed since I can think. I recived therapy and medication for about 16yrs prior.

[@Wowaniac]

Are Women more emotional? No. Generally speaking. Over a wide census there is only a very minor difference. The actual truth is there is a Difference between being Emotional, Overly Emotional, Lower Emotional Intelligence and being unable to control ones Emotions. Some people relish in sharing their emotional states with others, while others refuse to share their emotions.

[@kerduslegend2644]

"If your dna's off by 1% you'll become a dolphin"

[@gal_targareayn6721]

​@@kerduslegend2644 do you have any idea how many men are in jail because of that one emotional moment... That should tell you who is more emotional and who is better in emotional regulation and expression

[@NoahAI-kw4nn]

​@@gal_targareayn6721Emotions are not only about the brain. Those men are in jail because they were fearless. Women can get angry, but they aren't capable of doing something wrong because of their physics.

[@NoahAI-kw4nn]

​@@gal_targareayn6721Emotions are not only about the brain. Those men are in jail because they were fearless. Women can get angry but they aren't capable of doing something wrong because of their physics.

[@stephenmoore5390]

@@gal_targareayn6721yeah. Women.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

I've always heard the fake smiling makes people feel happier. It makes me feel dumb so I don't do that, but.. hearing that the brain and expressions feed into one another bi-directionally, maybe I'll try it.

[@AMVH2012]

I don't think babies crying because other babies are crying is an emotional contagion, it could just be that other babies don't like the sound and complain the only way they can which is by crying.

[@tomorrow4eva]

When the only tool you have is a hammer... It's hard being a baby.

[@mugglescakesniffer3943]

I have seven mental illnesses and six sessions of ECT and for my condition I need both meds and DBT. Learning DBT is a great thing but it takes a long time to truly understand it and use it correctly and know when to use it so it is most effective. I had many hospital visits to learn.

[@lizard3755]

As someone with more than one mental illness, I can say definitively that therapy isn't always enough on its own. I've been in therapy for a decade now, but I still need medication to live a "normal" life. I do agree that it's usually good to try things like therapy and life changes first before prescribing medicine, but we need to not shame the people who do need medicine.

[@tristantresner8784]

This video is beautiful, thank you for the information.

[@user-AstroVespers]

Psychology is so interesting!I was always interested in it but couldn't find good sources to learn about it until now!Does anyone know any books/podcasts on this topic that have helped them?

[@samr1013]

The botox thing is a bit oversimplified in this video. Sure, if you had so much botox that your entire face was paralyzed then it would affect your ability to emote. But most people who get botox injections do not paralyze their entire face and are in fact able to emote in various ways.

[@lizard3755]

Thank you! Also Botox is used for more than just cosmetic purposes. I got Botox injections to treat migraines and it had no impact on my appearance, it just helped me go back to living a somewhat normal life. I would definitely not call that evilm

[@zbuilder4664]

00:04 Emotions play a vital role in decision-making and motivation. 02:47 Emotions tied to chemicals in the brain are complex and interconnected 05:16 Changing brain chemistry for emotions via medication or non-invasive methods 07:45 Emotions can be complex and influenced by various factors 10:26 Emotions vary across cultures and can be contagious 13:03 Aerobic exercise and meditation can improve neuroplasticity and emotions. 15:31 Emotional maturity is linked to emotional intelligence 17:55 The prefrontal cortex is involved in regulating emotions and self-regulation.

[@steelerfaninperu]

My man just name drops the Dalai Lama casually while explaining the nondichotomous nature of emotion like he's recapping a football game.

[@jebidiahkorn]

Elliote Gould's mother must be proud

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Elliot* Gould

[@VPI_desu]

The strange things for me is that I suppress my anger by crying, even my inner thought is "I want to beat you up".🤣 Why am I always act like it?

[@eggytricky]

i can relate. getting angry just makes cry and shake, i dont even yell or anything.

[@violett874]

I'm no doctor, but ime you're just overwhelmed by the intensity of the emotion. Also, your hormones and nervous system play a role in how easily you become tearful.

[@MargoTheNerd]

Perhaps during your formative years you were exposed to stupid, toxic messages like "real men don't cry" "crying is for the weak" so much so that you internalized it and you associate vulnerability with something inherently negative. Even media portrays gentle, sensitive characters in such a way that we view them as weak - nice, but weak. In the last 20 years of popular culture there rarely have been iconic portrayals (characters, scenes) that would show crying as a sign of character strength, that would show that it takes immense courage to be vulnerable. Over time we internalise the tropes we are exposed to the most and we repeat the attitudes, creating a feedback loop that is quite difficult to get out of. But - being aware of these thoughts is a good start as plenty people will burn their life down just to avoid questioning their internal mechanisms.

[@NoahAI-kw4nn]

@@MargoTheNerd that's not the problem if one a man cry no body care about him.

[@0h0h0h0]

Lol I thought there was a strawberry to the right of him; I was very confused. Fantastic video, thank you! The only thing I don't really agree with is this idea of "negative" emotions. Relating to the beginning, the emotions tell something about needs, desires, help to decide. :)

[@DisasterxUs]

15:00 there is also anhedonia, often in cases of severe depression. Does not at all imply psychopathy.

[@mykhailohohol8708]

Cringe is empathic feeling of embarrassment on someone else's behalf. I do not think anger and sadness have anything to do with it...

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

Yeah when did the verb “to cringe” and the noun representing that act get confused for a “feeling.” Cringey or cringe-inducing is what we used to call something that made us cringe. Shorthand, we say “cringe.” The way we say “lol.” Laughing isn’t a feeling. It’s a physical behavior. You absolutely can cringe out of pain, out of sadness, out of anger. What is actually happening with language? Why don’t people know what the most used words mean?

[@codingrules]

That there is a bigger statistical difference within two distinct categories than between the same two categories does not neglect the value of knowing the statistical difference between the two categories. Actually this is very often the case in statistics in social sciences. The interesting behavior often happen at the tail ends of the two bell-curves that overlap but are not identical. Hence, it's a weird brushoff he is making.

[@wayne8001123]

I didn't know Elliott Gould was a neurosurgeon

[@emperormegaman3856]

14:09 Girl was like Bender when he said "We don’t have emotions, and sometimes that makes me really sad" .

[@lynnh1682]

If im emotional I don't show it in public. Unless I'm happy then I smile once in a while but when im alone where no one can see me then I'll cry or get angry. I also had to learn what emotions looked like on faces so I could recognize social ques which I'm still not great with. I don't have autism or ADHD.

[@strawberryzgirl]

Thank you Doc❤

[@JerryC25]

This is so freakin good

[@sarahgoettsch1324]

I wonder how this interview went without the editorial cuts?

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

So when even a neuroscientist says "feelings and emotions" is this not redundant and is there actually a difference between the two?

[@nathanvandevyver]

I love this guy, he thinks like me. Not many people think like that

[@baygood2]

You won’t fool me that’s Elliot Gould

[@mannyadisa]

Would be super cool if you did like the twitter questions, but with 5 levels of education. Like an elementary schooler -> PI or established researcher answering the same question

[@zoilalulu3798]

Men are more emotional. They punch holes in walls. But they forget: anger is an emotion.

[@SpirusFilms]

contemplative aerobics is yoga/pilates

[@frxsita_3]

men being seen as less emotional can be linked to societal standards rather than actual physiological differences

[@LEGEND_Gloomy]

Your a guy🏳️‍🌈

[@prashantnegi007]

Jack Geller is a Neuroscientist and Psychologist ?!! Could have helped Ross and Monica.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Those are all fictional characters, guess the name you're looking for is Elliot Gould, the actor who played the Gellar Dad in "Friends".

[@muhammadamir8825]

This is gold words

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

"In 1992, I met the Dalai Lama and i swore to him that one day, if ever i had the opportunity, i would do a lengthy Rickroll on Wired's KZbin channel."

[@stevehaire560]

Surely the person at 14:08 has emotions of either frustration guilt anger jealousy etc as they say they have no emotions but they clearly do as it’s worded in a certain way if that makes sense?