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How do feelings arise? Emotion theories provide different answers.

Emotion scientists seek to identify the basic patterns of our feelings.

Fear arises thanks to lightning-fast mechanisms – that do not always react correctly.

Anxiety researcher Hans-Christian Pape on rats, Rottweilers, and the positive aspects of fear.

The story of the brain that went forth to learn what fear was.

We only consciously feel fear, disgust, love, and hate when the cerebral cortex is engaged.

Humans are not machines: emotions control their behavior more often than they realize.

Does disgust protect us from pathogens, or is it the most malicious of all emotions?

Emotions shape our lives. That's why we're so good at recognizing and empathizing with them.

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