Lesson 20: Stress and Illness: Slide 8





Emotions Are Created In Three Stages
- The sensory part:
- Something received by the brain that triggers the emotional response such as a sound or sight
- The motor part:
- The physical responses felt in the body such as palpitations, sweating, increased blood pressure, hair standing on end, blood rushing to the skin
- The emotional charge:
- The meaning that the brain adds to the inputs we sense and the physical responses we feel
- Sensory inputs travel to the parts of the brain that control memory and are linked to a memory
- The same sensory input can trigger a negative emotion or a positive one depending on the memories associated with it
Notes:
Pg 32-33, Sternberg, Esther M., 2001, “The Balance Within,” W.H. Freeman and Company, New York.