Sunday, June 2, 2013

Emotion control

Scientists have found that different parts of the brain react when personally trying to suppress an emotion versus being told by someone else to suppress an emotion. They have found that when people are shown images that are unpleasant or frightening and they try to suppress their feelings the brain activity was shown in a part of the brain that was previously linked in the area that decides to inhibit movement. When the subjects were instructed by the scientist to inhibit the emotion, a second area was triggered. More research in this area could help people deal with excessive emotion but it could also cause them to not have the right emotional response in certain situations.



 N.O.S. Themes
1. Science is collaborative.
2. Science is tentative.
3. Science requires evidence.

Link: http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2013/05/11/study_finds_brain_system_for_emotional_selfcontrol.html


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  1. AnonymousJune 2, 2013 at 10:53 PM

    I'd like to add the Role of Motivation and Curiosity to the NOS themes. It may seem cliche but everyone must be motivated to do an experiment. These scientists have done research for a very important reason and their research may impact our lives. I think that the article was really cool just becuase of what it can do for us! I think it would be really interesting to see how this realtes to people who are bipolar and what it could do for them.

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  2. AnonymousJune 2, 2013 at 10:54 PM

    This is very interesting. I couldn't get the link to the article to work so I was wondering did they use an MRI or something to see what parts of the brain were activated?
    Another NOS theme is that science is repeatable and the role of motivation and curiosity.

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  3. AnonymousJune 2, 2013 at 10:55 PM

    This seems like a topic that could affect anyone, and if it is true it should be looked into in order to help serious cases! here is an article that describes more about emotional control by the brain! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509104354.htm

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  4. AnonymousJune 2, 2013 at 11:35 PM

    This article was a very interesting one to read. I was interested in finding out these feelings worked in the human brain. i think this new data could really help people suffering from emotional distress. I found a similar article.
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/04/26/the-emotional-life-of-the-brain/

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  5. AnonymousJune 3, 2013 at 4:33 PM

    So many things yet to know about the human brain and so many things learned every day. It's amazing to think we aren't even sure how our own brain does certain things even though we do them every day.

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  6. AnonymousJune 3, 2013 at 11:05 PM

    I read some more on this, and found it interesting that the sections of the brain that control how we want to act as opposed to how we are told to feel are completely different. It shows a distinct division between following orders and doing things by your own free will. I am kind of curious what you mean about how this could make people have the wrong emotional response in some situations. I don't really see the corelation.
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509104354.htm

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