Well in the past it was first thought by a man named Tomkins that emotion
actually interfered with basic human drives, like lust and fear. It is known
that humans by nature become stimulated by certain variables like a loud noise
or possibly the sight of a spider. The question to scientists is whether or not
emotion and mood is formed through mind processes or biologically innate traits.
Scientists are searching the brain for a particular area that stimulates emotion
in humans. They have changed their idea that it might be the hippocampus and now
feel that part of it may come from the amygdala. Supposedly when something known
by our senses comes in interaction with us, an impulse is sent to this amygdala
and it sends another impulse to our cortex. We either form a positive or
negative response to what we see, hear, taste, or touch. It seems more logical
for a particular region of our brain to create this feedback, than for some
biological cause. I guess that means that we are born with these conceptions if
you are thinking from a biological standpoint. It makes sense that a person can
be trained from watching a particular response from another human being. If they
don’t see that something is supposed to be scary than they won’t fret when
they come in contact with this catalyst. The mind basically tells the body how
to react to a specific stimulus by processing it through the brain. We
experience certain emotions from engaging in positive and negative actions
throughout life so when stimulated again we know how to react. While for
something like lust, it is something that is in fact biological in nature,
because as humans we are born with these hormones that effect us. There is so
much to learn about emotions; it is hard to determine where all of them come
from. It seems like some are innate to humans while some are learned through
life. And is important that people and animals have certain emotions for such
things as survival and reproduction. It is important that we are in touch with
these emotions so we can evolve.