In the novel The Feeling Brain by Elizabeth Johnson and Leah Olson it demonstrated the growing research on the topic of emotions. Each chapter in this novel includes a small number of individuals whose work has helped shape emotion research today. The main purpose of this whole novel is to answer to long asked question of “what is emotion?”. Thus, this novel brings in psychologists such as William James, neuroanatomist James Papez, Antonio Damasio all of who help discover what is emotion. Throughout this novel Johnson and Olson give the readers curiosity, talented writing, and plenty of information to create own opinions.
In this novel I was introduced to a magnitude of knowledge that held my curiosity throughout the novel. For example in the novel it discusses the functions of emotions in more detail. In this section it explores the concept of universally shared basic emotions, an idea that goes far back in history. In this section it also goes off psychologists Charles Darwin, Paul Ekman, and Jaak Panksepp. Overall, this section is only a small portion of the novel and it continues to grab the readers …show more content…
Johnson and Olson made the words and phrasing a little difficult, but still helped the readers fully understand the information they were receiving. It also brought learning to the table with uncommon words that represented the psychological aspect of the novel. Thus, giving the readers a very enlightening and intellectual understanding of emotion. Feeling Brain gave me a new outlook on psychology that I was already learning in my psychology class everyday. It allowed me to see what how connected emotion and psychology are. Overall,this novel is a very complex, and well written novel that gives readers a strong grasp and outlook on the emotion. It continued to push my boundries of my grasp on education and allowed me to understand emotion in a new
In this novel I was introduced to a magnitude of knowledge that held my curiosity throughout the novel. For example in the novel it discusses the functions of emotions in more detail. In this section it explores the concept of universally shared basic emotions, an idea that goes far back in history. In this section it also goes off psychologists Charles Darwin, Paul Ekman, and Jaak Panksepp. Overall, this section is only a small portion of the novel and it continues to grab the readers …show more content…
Johnson and Olson made the words and phrasing a little difficult, but still helped the readers fully understand the information they were receiving. It also brought learning to the table with uncommon words that represented the psychological aspect of the novel. Thus, giving the readers a very enlightening and intellectual understanding of emotion. Feeling Brain gave me a new outlook on psychology that I was already learning in my psychology class everyday. It allowed me to see what how connected emotion and psychology are. Overall,this novel is a very complex, and well written novel that gives readers a strong grasp and outlook on the emotion. It continued to push my boundries of my grasp on education and allowed me to understand emotion in a new