Can emotion and reason coexist?
Since then many brain-imaging studies have revealed neural links between emotion and reason. It’s true, as I wrote about last week, that emotions can bias our thinking.
Are emotion and reason opposites?
It is common to think that emotions interfere with rational thinking. Plato described emotion and reason as two horses pulling us in opposite directions. Modern dual-systems models of judgment and decision-making are Platonic in the sense that they endorse the antagonism between reason and emotion.
Why do I not show emotion?
Alexithymia is not a condition in its own right, but rather an inability to identify and describe emotions. People with alexithymia have difficulties recognizing and communicating their own emotions, and they also struggle to recognize and respond to emotions in others.
What is the reason for emotion?
Scientists have discovered that our emotions are often caused by our thoughts [1]. This means two people could be in the same situation, but they might feel different emotions because they have different thoughts (see Figure 1).
Are we driven by reason or emotion?
Human beings are driven by reasons and emotions. On the one hand, as rational choice theorists assert, human beings are resourceful and evaluative as they strive to maximize their own interests.
What is reason vs emotion?
Reason is infinitely more powerful than emotion if we make proper and conscious use of it. It allows us to regulate the emotional response. It leads us to balance the conflict. It gives us the ability to feel our emotions properly and modulate them in response to a stressful stimulus.
How does emotion affect reason?
The results indicate that the emotions of an individual have an effect on reasoning performance independent from task content. In particular, a negative emotion resulted in a lower falsification index meaning that participants in a negative emotional state were more likely to deviate from logical norms.
Can you make a decision without a reason?
Obviously, one can make decisions for no good reason or no clear reason or no articulable reason or no sensible reason or no identifiable reason. Still, if pressed, I can always give some account of why I made even the most mundane of decisions.