Posted by tessellated on March 21, 2007, at 18:41:30
In reply to Re: overwhelming sadness/ thoughts and emotions, posted by elanor roosevelt on March 19, 2007, at 22:45:46
as far as the simple wiring goes, perception precedes emotion, which then precedes cognition in a very short feedback loop.
occipital nerve ends at hypothalamus, hypothalamus relays info to cerebral cortex, which then can create feedback.
thought is tertiary, but has "downstreaming" capability.
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