Post by bdgiorgi on Nov 1, 2017 18:35:51 GMT
Damasio states that, "Feelings do not arise necessarily from actual body status, although they can, but rather from the actual maps constructed at any given moment in the body-sensing regions". (Damasio, p. 112)
What does he mean? It means that both body states and body maps play fundamental roles in the productions of feelings, with that being said, there also are fundamentally different with the roles they play. The fundamental difference between the two are; the body status is the emotion, or state of which your body is in due to a triggering situation (seeing a bear) and the body map determines the feeling (in which the body-sensing region produces), Example: feeling scared due to seeing a bear.
Damasio, A. R. (2004). Looking for Spinoza: Joy, sorrow, and the feeling brain. London: Vintage.
What does he mean? It means that both body states and body maps play fundamental roles in the productions of feelings, with that being said, there also are fundamentally different with the roles they play. The fundamental difference between the two are; the body status is the emotion, or state of which your body is in due to a triggering situation (seeing a bear) and the body map determines the feeling (in which the body-sensing region produces), Example: feeling scared due to seeing a bear.
Damasio, A. R. (2004). Looking for Spinoza: Joy, sorrow, and the feeling brain. London: Vintage.