Emotional Style Brain Blog #8 – Attention

Emotional Style Brain Blog #8 – Attention

Attention seems an odd addition to the dimensions of Emotional Style as described by Richard Davidson in The Emotional Life of Your Brain, since we usually think of attention as a cognitive ability. A closer look, however, reveals that attention has both emotional and...
Emotional Style Survey Brain Blog #7 – Sensitivity To Social Context

Emotional Style Survey Brain Blog #7 – Sensitivity To Social Context

Movie buffs may recall the scene from Four Weddings and a Funeral in which Tom, as best man, gives the speech: Tom: When Bernard told me he was getting engaged to Lydia, I congratulated him because all his other girlfriends were such complete dogs. Although may I say...