“The essential difference between emotion and reason is that emotion leads to action while reason leads to conclusions.”
– Donald Calne (2010). “Within Reason: Rationality and Human Behavior”, p.253, Vintage
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- To understand the essence of the concept of emotion.
- To assimilate the structure and functions of the limbic system with respect to emotions.
- To acquire knowledge about the various types of emotions, their characteristic features and neurological basis.
- To analyze the levels and layers of “social”, constituting the social brain and their relations to social neural networks.
- To assess the role of different brain structures in generating and processing emotions.
- To apply the knowledge about the neuroscientific nature and functions of emotions in the classroom.
- To create and apply new strategies of learning in the classroom based on neuroscientific knowledge of emotions.
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