Emotion

Emotions
Basic
Anger Fear Sadness Happiness Disgust Surprise
Others
Aggression Apathy Anxiety Boredom Contempt Depression Doubt Ecstasy Empathy Envy Embarrassment Euphoria Frustration Gratitude Grief Guilt Hatred Hope Horror Hostility Hunger Hysteria Loneliness Love Paranoia Pity Pleasure Pride Rage Regret Remorse Shame Suffering Sympathy

Emotions are what people feel. A scientific definition is not simple, but includes three things:

1. conscious experience (feelings)
2. expressions which can be seen by others
3. actions of the body ('physiological arousal')

Here is one definition:

"Emotion is a complex psychological phenomenon which occurs as animals or people live their lives. Emotions involve physiological arousal, appraisal of the situation, expressive behaviours, and conscious experience. Emotion is associated with feeling, mood, temperament, personality, disposition, and motivation".

In evolutionary terms, emotions are very ancient, and involve body systems which have operated for hundreds of millions of years. These are the hormone system, the autonomic nervous system and the 'lower' brain centres (hindbrain and midbrain).

Other pages

• List of emotions

References

Simple English Wiktionary has the word meaning for:

emotion