What is an emotion? “More than 90 definitions have been offered over the past century, and there are almost as many theories of emotion—not to mention a complex array of overlapping words in our languages to describe them. (Prof. Robert) Plutchik offers an integrative theory based on evolutionary principles. Emotions are adaptive—in fact, they have a complexity born of a long evolutionary history–and although we conceive of emotions as feeling states, Plutchik says the feeling state is part of a process involving both cognition and behavior and containing several feedback loops.” American Scientist Here’s an interesting table with various psychological theorists’ differing ideas about what the basic emotions are.
Day: June 10, 2001
Medicine men threaten court action over traditional cures. ‘African medicine men are taking European scientists to
court to stop them “stealing” their traditional cures.
Healers from Zimbabwe have teamed up with others in
Ghana, Nigeria and Rwanda to protect 10,000 native
treatments including toad secretions.
They are demanding a share in any of the profits made by
the drug companies now planning to exploit them.
The move comes after Lausanne University announced its
plan to market the snake tree bean bark lotion as a cure for
athletes foot.
According to the Daily Record one healer, Wimbiru Mhofu,
said: “I was born using this and the Europeans stole it.” ‘ Ananova
Can You Believe This? Study Examines Why Young Urban Women Have Sex — ‘the vast majority of young women who participated in the study
report that they have sex because they “like” or ”love” the person
they choose to have sex with. About one-third said the main reason that
they had sex was that they “liked having sex.” ‘
Why the Dysons keep faith in their genes: “Anyone yearning to settle down and live happily ever after should look for
a Dyson. New scientific research has revealed that over the past 800 years
members of the family have proved the most faithful and fertile partners in
Britain.
Dr Brian Sykes, professor of human genetics at Oxford University, studied the
DNA of 10,000 men with a broad cross-section of British surnames as part of
a project to map genes in Britain and Ireland. He identified the families likely
to have the highest proportion of identical DNA patterns in their Y
chromosomes – that is, those thought to have one common ancestor – and
discovered that, of the names surveyed, the Dysons had a remarkable 80 per
cent of men who shared the same pattern.
The Y chromosome is passed unchanged from father to son, so if a wife
becomes pregnant as the result of an adulterous fling she will bear a child
with the family name but not the family Y chromosome.” Telegraph UK
Bookies slash odds on alien life: “Bookies in the UK have reportedly slashed the odds on the
Prime Minister making an official confirmation that aliens
exist. This comes after a Scottish photographer snapped a
picture of a possible UFO.
William Hill has halved the odds after Mark Runnacles
snapped the object flying over Glasgow. Student
Alexander McCallum, 38, of Dalmarnock, also took a photo of a UFO over Glasgow, which
he says looks identical to Mr. Runnacles’, who works for a Scottish newspaper.” Cosmiverse
Bookies slash odds on alien life: “Bookies in the UK have reportedly slashed the odds on the
Prime Minister making an official confirmation that aliens
exist. This comes after a Scottish photographer snapped a
picture of a possible UFO.
William Hill has halved the odds after Mark Runnacles
snapped the object flying over Glasgow. Student
Alexander McCallum, 38, of Dalmarnock, also took a photo of a UFO over Glasgow, which
he says looks identical to Mr. Runnacles’, who works for a Scottish newspaper.” Cosmiverse
Bookies slash odds on alien life: “Bookies in the UK have reportedly slashed the odds on the
Prime Minister making an official confirmation that aliens
exist. This comes after a Scottish photographer snapped a
picture of a possible UFO.
William Hill has halved the odds after Mark Runnacles
snapped the object flying over Glasgow. Student
Alexander McCallum, 38, of Dalmarnock, also took a photo of a UFO over Glasgow, which
he says looks identical to Mr. Runnacles’, who works for a Scottish newspaper.” Cosmiverse
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