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Emotions: The Product of Sensory Input

Just like our senses, our body has signals like breathing, heartbeat, metabolism and other internal movements that may be considered a source of sensory input for the brain. This, when mixed with our original sensory inputs like touch, sight and hearing, can create emotions.

Example: a stomachache can be seen as meaning something else just with the accompanying signal being good (a lover coming to see you) or bad (sniffing something horrible).

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POPSCI

This is how your brain constructs emotions

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Simulation: The Way The Brain Really Works

Every moment that we are alive, our brain utilizes concepts to simulate the surrounding environment, practically creating ‘our’ world.

Simulation: A New Era Of Psychology And Neuroscience

Simulation is the standard, default mode for all brain activity.
Discovered in the 1990s, simulation is what psychologists and neuroscientists mistook as ‘reactions’ to what we see, hear, touch, smell or taste.
We automatically use simulation

The Signal Computing Process

Using the ability to simulate the brain gathers outside information and integrates it with what it already knows and what is associated with it.