Agreed. The video examples are super interesting. I wish the questions were asked in a more controlled way, but I can’t fault for some limitations of this rarely possible type of work. It seemed quite somatic and abrupt. No spontaneous descriptions of emotion proper either. Only when given a word.
Ryan Smith
(buried in a reply, but) This is mind-blowing & deserves a post. Scroll to "video" in this article to watch what happens when the human hypothalamus is stimulated: it's a combo of embarrassment/shame and intense body sensations emanating from the heart. WOW.
www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193...
Stimulation of the ventromedial hypothalamic region in animals has been reported to
cause attack behavior labeled as sham-rage without offering information about the
internal affective state of the an...