you aware that placed in the supine position, we cease to work certain areas of the left hemisphere normally stimulated by rage and the anger subsides. These areas are located in the left frontal cortex. (1)
This observation has several advantages. The first is to allow us to understand that the seat of negative emotions does not lie in the right hemisphere, as would tend to say Richard Davidson and Paul Ekman (2). In
synergology it seems quite clear that positive emotions are generated from the right hemisphere, this seems particularly true lover of all states, and more generally positive statements lascivious hypotonic. As such synergology is closer theories (3) refusing to lock in a seat cerebral emotions.
The other advantage of the discovery of Harmon Jones is intellectually more challenging. It helps to understand the brain motor precursor emotional brain activity that did not still produced but it is already possible to observe!
In the case described, it is possible by looking at the person lying to say that his anger is fading away while she did not even realize!
You have understood a synergologist has no powers to speak of specific brain seat of emotions, but it can come into force proposal in hand when it comes to observing emotions. Because from that part of the face or body set in motion, it is always possible to return to the cerebral hemisphere involved.
Avouez que de telles observations devraient nous donner le désir de faire attention davantage à notre interlocuteur et décupler nos capacités d’attention et d’écoute…
(1) Harmon Jones E., Peterson. C., Supine body position reduces neural responses to anger evocation, Psychological Science, vol 20., p.1209, 2009
(2) Davidson, RJ., Ekman, P., Saron, C.D., Senulis, J.A. et Friesen, W.V. (1990). Approach withdrawal and cerebral asymetry : Emotional expression and brain physiology. Journal of personnality and social psychology, 58, 330-341.
(3) Derryberry, D. et Tucker, D.M. (1992). Neural Mechanisms of Emotion. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60 (2), 329-338
