Re: Evolution of Anger and Fear

On Jun 25, 12:54=A0pm, Tom Hendricks <tom-hendri...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
How do emotions evolve? I suggest that two of the main ones evolved direc=
tly from two of the 4 options that are set up when you have a cell membrane=
... Those are ANGER and FEAR

Four options are set up once a cell membrane is created:
1. Take in nurturing
2. block out non nurturing
3. hold in and use nurturing
4. excrete out waste.

Note how the stress response of fight and flight fits option 2 and option=
4.
Fight =3D Option 2 block out non nurturing
Flight =3D Option 4 excrete out waste.

I suggest that ANGER is a specific evolved emotional response connected t=
o option 2.
I suggest that FEAR is a specific evolved emotional response connected to=
option 4.

For the first time we can see how these basic emotional responses evolved=
from physical processes that go back to the beginning of life. Thus once l=
ife began, it started a food in/waste out system that would most likely evo=
lve to the emotions of ANGER and FEAR

There should be basic emotional development for the other two options as =
well.

Comment on the evolution of ANGER and FEAR?

Tom Hendricks

Here is some interesting information.

I have suggested that the REM sleep, the 2nd of two parts of sleep.
( REM is that part of sleep that I suggest prepares waste out in the
metabolism cycle - or option 4 above)
may be connected to the Fear emotion. During REM sleep the amygdala
part of the brain is very active , and it is associated with fear.

This quote from http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Amygdala#Function

In the late 1930s, researchers observed that damage to the temporal
lobe resulted in profound changes in fear reactivity, feeding, and
sexual behavior. Around mid century, it was determined that damage to
the amygdala accounted for these changes in emotional processing.
Numerous studies subsequently attempted to understand the role of the
amygdala in emotional functions, especially fear. ..

Though the connection is unclear it is exciting.

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