The nature of feelings: evolutionary and neurobiological origins

A. Damasio; Gil B. Carvalho

DOI:10.1038/nrn3403

Corpus ID: 35232202

The nature of feelings: evolutionary and neurobiological origins

@article{Damasio2013TheNO,
  title={The nature of feelings: evolutionary and neurobiological origins},
  author={A. Damasio and Gil B. Carvalho},
  journal={Nature Reviews Neuroscience},
  year={2013},
  volume={14},
  pages={143-152}
}

A. Damasio, Gil B. Carvalho

Published 2013

Psychology, Medicine

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Feelings are mental experiences of body states. They signify physiological need (for example, hunger), tissue injury (for example, pain), optimal function (for example, well-being), threats to the organism (for example, fear or anger) or specific social interactions (for example, compassion, gratitude or love). Feelings constitute a crucial component of the mechanisms of life regulation, from simple to complex. Their neural substrates can be found at all levels of the nervous system, from… CONTINUE READING

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