Damassio's Evidence

One of Damassio's studies examines an investigation of the pattern of brain activity that occurs in association with feeling certain emotions. The purpose of this case study was to find a way to trigger these emotions. He monitored the subject' physiological responses continuously. He also noted the changes in skin conductance which preceded a signal that a feeling was being experienced. This study does have an introspective component because feelings are more internal in a way that the emotion has to be triggered in order to feel that emotion. The brain can stimulate certain emotional body states internally; this causes the process of emotional empathy.