Emotions

The 6 fundamental emotions: features and functions

We have the old custom, inherited from philosophy, to always face reason and emotions, as if emotions altered reasoning. We attribute emotions to this hedonic, transcendental and irrational character that makes us think they are useless. But it’s a big mistake. Emotions play a very important role, help guide our behavior and act quickly, among […]

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Aesthetic emotions: the emotional has an effect on beauty.

Admire Van Gogh’s Starry Night, wake up to watch the sunrise, enjoy the unbearable lightness of Milan Kundera’s being, or close your eyes to hear Debussy’s Claire de Lune, are unexplained experiences that cause a storm of aesthetic emotions. Art and certain everyday phenomena are so immense that it is impossible not to give up

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Negative feelings and rheumatoid arthritis: what is the relationship?

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that affects all joints of the body, when this occurs it usually causes very uncomfortable symptoms, such as persistent pain, inflammation, loss of mobility and stiffness in the affected areas, its causes are unknown so far, but some research has found a link between negative emotions and rheumatoid arthritis. The

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Time is measured in hours, life is measured in emotions

Life is measured by emotions, by those moments when psychophysiological reactions act like lightning, giving meaning to our existence. Joy, joy, surprise, fear, sadness, admiration, desire?Everyone, whether positive or negative, defines who we are, articulates our behavior, and in turn makes sense of everything we do. Writer and activist Hellen Keller said the most beautiful

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