Reptiles & Emotions

[formica]

Dopamine - reward based learning, AKA pleasure
Seratonin - strongly associated with eating well, AKA contentment/happyness
Adrenaline - fight or flight response, AKA fear


all are found in reptiles.

the only emotional connections that are different, are those between mates and young - the only reason that humans form close emotional ties with mates and young, is because our babies are utterly useless at looking after themselves


....we can turn that into some complex abstract idea if we want, and claim that humans are more emotional complex, but, all of that comes from our intelligence, not our emotional capacity