Posted by madeline on May 18, 2006, at 15:32:53
In reply to Re: three factors of emotion pulled apart, posted by Estella on May 18, 2006, at 5:17:56
"now if the theory is that certain kinds of bodily changes are necessary and sufficient for emotion then it would seem to be the case that people paralysed from the neck down cannot have emotions. does this seem plausible?"
The primary nerves that control the "fight or flight" response and the "seat of sadness" come straight out of the brain. Paralyzed people can mount a physical response to an emotion, because those nerves have not been severed.
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