Neuroscience of Emotion
January 21, 2010 by Kim Ward Ph.D. & Hilary Stokes Ph.D.
Filed under Emotional Intelligence
Neural Hijacking
In the past it was believed that information from your senses was analyzed by the thinking brain (cortex) first. Now with new scientific findings we know your perceptions, go directly to the emotional brain (amygdala) without passing through the thinking, decision-making brain first.
Daniel Goleman in his research and book on emotional intelligence sheds great [...]