Episode 135: The Science of Emotion
The Science of Everything Podcast
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The Cannon and Bard Theory
The cannon and bard theory is an improvement over the James Lang theory because it allows us to kind of understand how different stimuli give rise to different emotions. But one problem is that the theory focuses pretty much exclusively on the operation of the autonomic nervous system which doesn't really say much about the role of the central nervous system in eliciting physiological changes and behavioral responses.
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