Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain to shrink? What are chemical imbalances and what do they do to our emotions? Why do we have emotions at all? Dr. Davidson answers these questions and more on Emotion Support.
Dr. Richard J. Davidson is the founder of Healthy Minds Innovations and The Center For Healthy Minds.
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0:00 Emotion Support is here for you
0:14 Stress causes shrinkage?
0:32 Are women really more sensitive and emotional than men?
1:05 Feelings: Why?
1:54 Botox
2:59 Come on, chemicals
4:14 Are autistic individuals hypersensitive to emotions?
5:00 That feeling in your gut
5:40 Can I turn them off?
7:04 The internet and our emotional state
8:07 Cringe
8:52 How many emotions are there?
10:59 Why is smiling contagious?
11:50 Meditation and the brain
13:01 me need be smarter
14:08 Can I borrow a feeling?
15:23 Emotional maturity etc.
16:24 Laughter
17:40 HI WHY AM I SO MAD
18:45 What is love? (Baby don’t hurt me)
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@Brockbuiltmore
October 9, 2024 at 2:49 pm
the way he pronounces mature hurts me so much.
@zoilalulu3798
October 9, 2024 at 3:06 pm
Men are more emotional. They punch holes in walls. But they forget: anger is an emotion.
@shara_kb
October 9, 2024 at 3:19 pm
4:45 – just to clarify for folks who might be confused, “Arousing” in terms of the brain just means it triggers more neural activity. Not that they’re irresistibly attracted to your face.
@psychologie4510
October 9, 2024 at 3:22 pm
asking a neuroscientist about emotions is like asking an AI to be self conscious. Or an ornithologist to be a bird.
@elin_
October 9, 2024 at 3:44 pm
Everybody should print out an emotion wheel for themselves. People are really bad at recognizing and dealing with emotions..
@josemiguelolverapuentes9393
October 9, 2024 at 3:52 pm
Contemplative aerobics is not new. There you have yoga <3.
@AreUmygrandson
October 9, 2024 at 3:58 pm
I take 800mg seroquel, 40mg adderall, 2.5mg Xanax, 60mg propranolol, 25mg pristiq, and 20mg belsomra daily for asd, adhd, bp1 and anxiety
@gregsquires6201
October 9, 2024 at 4:01 pm
2 unskippable ads every few minutes? I really tried to make it through the whole video, but I have better things to do with my time.
@DSe7en
October 9, 2024 at 4:10 pm
I didn’t know Elliott Gould was a Neuroscientist…
@Larry00000
October 9, 2024 at 4:15 pm
How does love enhance species survivability?
@Nikkiflausch
October 9, 2024 at 4:16 pm
He‘s „dear friends“ with Paul Ekman, spreader of misinformation, disproven pseudoscience and homophobia? That‘s an instant leave for me. No credibility left
@Gr8ful_
October 9, 2024 at 4:21 pm
I don’t want to have feelings. Psychopaths get through in life without the fluffy feelings
@PlaceHolderHandleOrWhaver
October 9, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Learning that the face feeds back emotional information to the brain so as to better stead its reactions actually fascinating. That’s something which when you learn about it seems so obvious, yet I never have it any thought.
@klaudia-hf8ux
October 9, 2024 at 4:30 pm
i love his glasses
@Ithinkthereforeiam-ph9nb
October 9, 2024 at 4:49 pm
no, women are not more emotional than men.
It only seems that way.
@mattjofre
October 9, 2024 at 4:57 pm
Loved this dude! Please have him back. You could also bring Dr. K on here, he would fit right in.
@AG-iu9lv
October 9, 2024 at 5:29 pm
This was a surprisingly rich experience. Thank you for a wonderful guest ❤
@frxsita_3
October 9, 2024 at 6:35 pm
men being seen as less emotional can be linked to societal standards rather than actual physiological differences
@0h0h0h0
October 9, 2024 at 6:47 pm
Lol I thought there was a strawberry to the right of him; I was very confused.
Fantastic video, thank you! The only thing I don’t really agree with is this idea of “negative” emotions. Relating to the beginning, the emotions tell something about needs, desires, help to decide. 🙂
@junipertanyoutube6661
October 9, 2024 at 7:16 pm
Wow botox can potentially emotionally paralyse the world?? OR SHOULD I SAY
ZA WORLDO
@alicehollis8978
October 9, 2024 at 7:16 pm
but why does he look like Monica and Joey’s dad
@junipertanyoutube6661
October 9, 2024 at 7:23 pm
It’s dangerous to not specify which types of meditations are helpful because some meditations according to studies can cause psychosis.
I started meditating when I was 16 and ended up with a psychotic episode (I’m off medications but only do neidan meditations only occasionally) and no I wasn’t diagnosed with schizophrenia
@Nik-h4q
October 9, 2024 at 7:33 pm
Being responsible for shrinking my brain makes me so stressed tho.
@claireanderson289
October 9, 2024 at 8:13 pm
I WORKED IN HIS RESEARCH LAB 😱❤️
@zbuilder4664
October 9, 2024 at 9:23 pm
00:04 Emotions play a vital role in decision-making and motivation.
02:47 Emotions tied to chemicals in the brain are complex and interconnected
05:16 Changing brain chemistry for emotions via medication or non-invasive methods
07:45 Emotions can be complex and influenced by various factors
10:26 Emotions vary across cultures and can be contagious
13:03 Aerobic exercise and meditation can improve neuroplasticity and emotions.
15:31 Emotional maturity is linked to emotional intelligence
17:55 The prefrontal cortex is involved in regulating emotions and self-regulation.
@samlasley798
October 10, 2024 at 10:12 am
This well is never going to run dry
@michaelshannon9169
October 10, 2024 at 10:26 am
Mr Davidson, what findings have you found that you wouldn’t dare publish today due to backlash 🤔🤔🤔🤔?
@TheGodly
October 10, 2024 at 10:30 am
I’ll save everyone 20 minutes, ..women are more emotional.
@parisz
October 10, 2024 at 10:31 am
He speaks so academically I love ittt
@ExecutiveZombie
October 10, 2024 at 10:38 am
No. Men experience emotions differently but have just as many, and in my opinion MORE, than women. They just ignore them whereas women indulge them:
@truthnexcess3711
October 10, 2024 at 11:09 am
are you related to Elliot Gould?
@CarllyleTroy-t1f
October 10, 2024 at 11:56 am
Hegmann Mountains
@gtleshow
October 10, 2024 at 12:59 pm
Absolutely fascinating! It’s so cool to hear a neuroscientist break down emotions in a way that’s easy to understand. It really makes you appreciate how complex our brains are!
@chaicoffeecup
October 10, 2024 at 1:16 pm
I love that he said, we should try to not use medication so readily. I got diagnosed with PTSD and my former therapist said I should consider taking anti-depressants but I refused, despite my disableing anxiety and depression. And after spending years actively working on my thought patterns and trying to heal my psyche on my own, I’m proud to say I’m a very happy person now, who’s very happy to be alive. And most of my PTSD symptoms have actually faded away. It absolutely is possible to change your brain without medication <33
@Commenter339
October 10, 2024 at 1:59 pm
Surprised he didn’t say “cringe” is first-hand or second-hand embarrassment.
@CariMyhre-c9n
October 10, 2024 at 2:23 pm
Dereck Trail
@Commenter339
October 10, 2024 at 2:24 pm
Contemplative aerobics? You mean.. yoga? 😄
@LouiePercifield-k2o
October 10, 2024 at 2:34 pm
Jaydon Lake
@mariazamora4595
October 10, 2024 at 2:39 pm
In my perspective feelings and emotions is what makes us humans, is part of our human nature as well as are part of our own capacity to be able to create. Feelings and emotions are what make the intangible into tangible.
Emotionally intelligence doesn’t have to be something about age, it’s just just part of our own personality , who we are and helps us to understand ourselves and others as well as helps to make an inner control , balance our inner self and helps to have growth mindset.
Who is more sensitive, women or men? In my experience and opinion, doesn’t depend on gender, in my perspective every person has different levels of sensitivity. I am a highly sensitive person, in my personal experience people have different levels of sensitive.Higher the level of sensitivity, the person will have higher capacities. I don’t know why, I always feel men are more sensitive than women: we can see it in very different professional forms: scientists, philosophers, poets, designers, chiefs, businessmen, technicians, artists, etc , men have a highly level of sensitivity and understanding.
Love: People needs to understand and feel what is Love. Love is what we feel for ourselves, in order to have positive feelings, emotions within ourselves. Love makes the shift in our lives and our mindset, love connects heart and mind, etc
Love is freedom, love is respect, love is peace, love is harmony, love is the core of empathy, love is our Energy, our light, Love is who we are.
@MrGmcleod
October 10, 2024 at 2:45 pm
Yes, Yes they are .
@Stormtrooper501Hun
October 10, 2024 at 3:42 pm
Gondolatébresztő! Köszönjük!🙃
@angierox6964
October 10, 2024 at 3:51 pm
14:07 I like it! I will give it a try. Taking into consideration, the amount of stress I have had in my life that has shrunk the portions of my brain that create more and new neural transmitters , I’ve been studying neural plasticity because its obvious that my brain isn’t working at 100%. There are days when I can barely finish sentences because I can’t think of the words I’m trying to say. On some of those days I will not speak at all because it’s too frustrating.
@sadiaali9856
October 10, 2024 at 4:00 pm
What an amazing video. Listening to him was a treat to the mind
@HXRDWIREDGaming
October 10, 2024 at 5:03 pm
We just glazing over Dali lama tongue sucking?
@v7G987tY3
October 10, 2024 at 5:30 pm
this is the kind of doctor that scares me.
@Suzytnwl
October 10, 2024 at 7:01 pm
That was interesting! I am thankful and glad that he is sharing different views on different topics (including how the concepts are western ideologies). There are no ‘answers’ for certain things in life.
@lafandenuel5605
October 10, 2024 at 7:38 pm
in this day and age, having witnessed what we all have witnessed, putting Dalai Lama as an example of anything possitive….. wathever… It may be only wrong when made by another religion ministers do it. Like religions we might have grown a bit bored of by now. It’s wrong all the time. Whomever does it. With or without famous and influential friends. Just to be clear.
@orangejuice1939
October 10, 2024 at 8:19 pm
he’s so real and honest
@zweisteinya
October 10, 2024 at 9:05 pm
Kamala goes on the rag, pushes button…
@G4MMABA3
October 10, 2024 at 9:27 pm
I feel bad for everyone who wants to turn off their emotions
I really do
Don’t let the environment tell you how to emote
We live in a hellscape so we have to use our emotions to keep us safe
@Jess-h2h4w
October 11, 2024 at 3:54 am
Is emotion regulation a specialization that humans have over animals? If so, to what extent?
Animals do have emotions, but can they regulate them? Because emotion regulation requires complex thinking and greater self-awareness.
@samanthamartin1407
October 11, 2024 at 4:01 am
My brain must be really tiny then
@Aidan1488
October 11, 2024 at 4:15 am
Men think that women are more emotional because a ton of men simply don’t think that women’s opinions are important.
“This makes you emotional but not me. So, you must be exaggerating”
“This makes you angry and I don’t understand why, nor do I care, you are just emotional”
Just look at the History of things like “hysteria”. It’s pretty much a resumen of how men have dismissed what women feel through history, and blaming it to “women just being weak of character”.
Talk with any guy that honestly thinks women are more emotional than men, and more often than not you’ll find a guy that actually cares very little about the women in his life. And by that I mean: he has never, not even once, cared to talk to them and genuinely find out why are they feeling the way they do. He has just shrugged, declared it a womanly mistery, and walked away.
@chanklin
October 11, 2024 at 6:55 am
I think it would be great if people would stop using the terms “positive” and “negative” emotions as all emotions are positive in the sense that they are providing us information on ourselves and our surroundings. In my opinions, better descriptive words (if they are needed) would be “pleasant” and “unpleasant”.
@killerpussy84
October 11, 2024 at 7:19 am
So, skill loss after autistic burnout could be a neurological thing??
Omg
@shawnguy3317
October 11, 2024 at 7:23 am
I think yoga is the contemplative aerobics you’re looking for
@adrianal751
October 11, 2024 at 7:37 am
0 my 000
@boudd5764
October 11, 2024 at 8:23 am
Dang, I really liked this wired ep, it was very useful, thanks
@iillogicc
October 11, 2024 at 10:15 am
What I would give to spend a 420 day with Richard! Pick his brain and expanding my own.
Also, he has an aura of kindness and safety!
@elenstefs
October 11, 2024 at 10:37 am
I love him.
@terrytownsend5583
October 11, 2024 at 12:29 pm
What’s a women?
@moonshinevessel
October 11, 2024 at 12:32 pm
Need that emotion wheel thingy
@melodyschulz5283
October 11, 2024 at 2:03 pm
A literal love doctor! Do it😊
@norniea
October 11, 2024 at 2:14 pm
How often do you think he hears that he looks SO much like actor, Elliot Gould?😅
@eliseclark1348
October 11, 2024 at 2:15 pm
Are we going to talk about his inability to pronounce maturity? 😭 15:45
@kekz0r
October 11, 2024 at 2:16 pm
The Dalai Lama? What ab.. Oh.. So you’re saying you’re religious and that colours your “science” then. Can y’all get a real PhD on?
@user-RCST
October 11, 2024 at 8:11 pm
Many PhD are religious, and they don’t let it affect their research. Many famous scientific minds are/were religious and they still pushed their fields further.
People can express beliefs without claiming they’re absolute or true. Look at string theorists lol.
@Autizzytati
October 11, 2024 at 2:29 pm
I have SO MANY MORE questions for this guy
@sgfgfg-h9q
October 11, 2024 at 2:35 pm
Torphy Pines
@R0S3inC0NCR33T
October 11, 2024 at 3:05 pm
I will say, as a transgendered person who use to have male hormones but now has female hormones, men and women absolutely experience their emotions in different ways. I’m not “more emotional” now, but I feel my emotions more… actively, if that makes sense? It’s harder for me to push them down or ignore them.
@GayGHvain87
October 11, 2024 at 3:56 pm
I don’t feel too bad being LESS empathic toward an outgroup of flat earthers or antivaxxers though x)
@tallgirl195
October 11, 2024 at 5:13 pm
Sorry but for a condition like ADHD, stimulants are the first line of treatment.
@user-RCST
October 11, 2024 at 8:04 pm
Maybe, but it’s worth trying to instill some focusing habits and try to figure out where you operate best. If that works, then you don’t need to take meds, and if it doesn’t, they might be useful once you’re medicated.
@wellumm
October 11, 2024 at 6:08 pm
14:01 Contemplative aerobics is salah. Yes, you should really try it.
@kristalmelendez5100
October 11, 2024 at 6:24 pm
I’m so happy that he mentioned these Western conceptions of emotions. In the beginning of psychology, findings in the Western world were often generalized. However, with researchers in other countries, we can see we are a lot different due to culture. 🙂
@user-RCST
October 11, 2024 at 8:00 pm
What are some other cultures concepts that you think would be worth looking into, and where should I start researching it?
@DOC_951
October 11, 2024 at 7:48 pm
Next time get a psychiatrist
@user-RCST
October 11, 2024 at 8:21 pm
He is a psychiatrist
@nx2120
October 11, 2024 at 8:19 pm
Cringe is definitely not just an expression, I feel cringe
@rosegear2191
October 12, 2024 at 12:34 am
So great to see Dr. Davidson on WIRED! More of this please!
@kerimakturk4997
October 12, 2024 at 2:49 am
Duyguyu,aşk la özdeşleştirip onun bir duygu olduğuna ikna olmuş sorular geliyor.
@Defhrone
October 12, 2024 at 3:23 am
Trust me guys, you do not want to go thru life without emotions.
Due to trauma, I had repressed all my emotions and I can tell you some things that you might not expect your emotions to be usefull for.
Making any kind of choice is impossible, “just weigh your pro’s and con’s” problem being, that without emotions, you cannot attribute any weight to those pro’s and con’s, you are litterally indifferent to just about anything. I would say it’s not fun and boring, but these are emotions to and well, you don’t feel that either. Bests I can describe it is based on an ancient saying: Without emotions, are you sure you are alive?
I have since learned to unrepress them and learn to manage them again, which is quite the overwhelming experience
@Rawan_Adel.
October 12, 2024 at 3:42 am
The possibility of contemplative aerobics ti increase neuroplasticity and IQ
@vincentpinto1127
October 12, 2024 at 8:38 am
Evolutionary history? Nope!!! Evolution is a fairy-tale for grown-ups.
If anyone wants to know which major facets of evolution are fairy tales, please reply to me asking for it. It needs just one person to ask, and the rest get it for free. It is not my own list, but has been built up by many others. It’s quite insightful when put in the way they have listed it, and I will forward to you.
Of course, if you troll, I’ll simply ignore it.
One thing is absolutely certain. Both views, evolution and non-evolution, cannot be correct. Neither can both be wrong, because there IS NO third. Period. If you have a problem with this statement, then you will need to visit logic.
@tacoterpstra8263
October 12, 2024 at 9:07 am
gaze aversion? they dont have to look away, they choose to. because its easier.
@tacoterpstra8263
October 12, 2024 at 9:09 am
quick answer: we dont have a clue
@tacoterpstra8263
October 12, 2024 at 9:16 am
if you try to change your emotions through sheer practice you are likely to experience a “better” life. but there is an argument for not being able to experience life to its fullest.
because if you get rid of something through repetition. you cant of gotten rid of all of it.
example, if you have a person with a lot of false pride . and 1 person with very little false pride.
what person is more likely to do something “about” it, and who is more likely to do something with it. when it comes to completely removing false pride.
@tacoterpstra8263
October 12, 2024 at 9:18 am
everything is a choice if you want it to be. responsibility inst something that’s supposed to weigh you down. responsibility is a tool and a virtue.
@moonwalker.v
October 12, 2024 at 9:25 am
7:45 this. Internet males us less empathetic of people that aren’t like us.
@DrDeuteron
October 12, 2024 at 9:44 am
1:27. Feelings are how we make quick decisions in low level wet ware. Logic and reason are high level, and much slower and more complex.
@CharlieJindra
October 12, 2024 at 9:58 am
Respect for the of montreal reference in the chapter title @3:35
@jprov
October 12, 2024 at 10:12 am
Didn’t know doc was a 10 shadows user @13:30
@Nihadology
October 12, 2024 at 10:44 am
I thought he is Jack Geller, Ross’s father 😅
@dannil9878
October 12, 2024 at 11:13 am
It’s super toxic How conservative christians teach their children that boys don’t cry or show emotions. It is as wrong as their whole world view.
@AriTu-lv7lz
October 12, 2024 at 11:48 am
Bread👍
@portiearawak32
October 12, 2024 at 12:19 pm
Are there any women in neuroscience?
@girlinbed
October 12, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Isn’t contemplative aerobics literally yoga?
@DesiParamore
October 12, 2024 at 1:17 pm
14:01
Ok but if ‘contemplative aerobics’ is new how do we effectively practice it? Lol
@petrrut8544
October 12, 2024 at 4:09 pm
Another psychologist that avoids mentioning psyche/soul… Everything is in the brain, there are wires, circuits, we are like machines. I dunno man, this materialistic science is lacking something for me. Especially considering the fact that matter is still a mystery while scientists act like it is an undeniable fact full of verified experiments and proof.
@CardinalSynth
October 12, 2024 at 5:22 pm
4:25 A timestamp I’m making for myself because someone important to me accused me of not being autistic, when I’ve been hypersensitive to emotion/have done gaze aversion for literally my whole life
@HakendaNatan
October 12, 2024 at 5:47 pm
good
@Ste-fawn
October 12, 2024 at 7:23 pm
I disagree with some of your thoughts on medication, it seems to become more divisive in our field day after day. I don’t think we can really make sweeping generalizations on it. Every situation is different. Some ppl really need medication and need it permanently. Some need don’t need it at all. Some need a small amount for a short period of time.
Nice video. Love your points and agree with everything you’re saying on emotions. So glad there are people out here on social media breaking down stigma and associations with eemotions & gender.
@gibbogle
October 12, 2024 at 9:21 pm
Men tend to hide their emotions, while women tend to exaggerate them.
@gibbogle
October 12, 2024 at 9:25 pm
Is autism really a useful category?
@xelsimone7698
October 12, 2024 at 9:45 pm
“We have feelings to navigate important life decisions.” very casually profound statement. like, duh. but also WOW. its imperative that we understand and appreciate our emotions rather than continuously attempt to override them or suppress them. otherwise we miss out on fundamental data bout ourselves and our surroundings that may help us in the long run.
@cookiemonstaaa1426
October 13, 2024 at 12:09 am
His response to “can I turn them off” is amazing
@LoreneWilliams-w1r
October 13, 2024 at 12:20 am
Asa Knolls
@taliadixon3449
October 13, 2024 at 1:51 am
LOVE
@miahan8988
October 13, 2024 at 1:59 am
“Aerobics!”
People with heart conditions: 🥲
@ClaustroPasta
October 13, 2024 at 3:11 am
6:50 more people in the west need to hear this instead of relying on drug use to cheat their way to happiness or a proper emotional control. Drugs or medication should be a 2nd or third option when proper exercise, diet or therapy fails.
@chelseab1438
October 13, 2024 at 5:16 am
I love when people saying women are more “emotional” than men like anger isn’t an emotion.
@x_WISHmaker_x
October 13, 2024 at 5:51 am
My dude, promoting Ekman in 2024 is just… Well, cringe.
@linalily8645
October 13, 2024 at 7:05 am
Yes women are more emotional and more sensitive that’s why u must treat her like a princess 👸
@lau4286
October 13, 2024 at 7:19 am
His explanation about feelings within the first 2 minutes reminds me of this video of a mother in Gaza telling her child that fear is okay, that everyone feels it, and asked her daughter id she thought her mother felt fear? And the sweet little girl shook her head. The mother went on to explain that she does, and it’s necessary we all feel it, and that Allah gave them feelings for all of these reasons.
She explained it like he did, and in so much more depth and so beautifully. I love how in tune humans have been with science over history, and how important the cross over of humanity and science truly is.
@lambch7144
October 13, 2024 at 7:24 am
Wow! A 20 minute infomercial on meditation and Dalai Lama! Cool job, WIRED!
@melaniea2315
October 13, 2024 at 8:39 am
Its funny that cringe isnt an emotion. Feels like one thing
@JD-sk5hl
October 13, 2024 at 9:52 am
He is the spitting image of Elliot Gould
@izabelepukenaite2707
October 13, 2024 at 10:16 am
Is it just me, or does that guy look like Ross and Monica’s dad?
@limehazard
October 13, 2024 at 10:26 am
How do they keep fighting these people who look exactly how you would imagine a person of that occupation to look like.
@Up-jh6ye
October 13, 2024 at 10:54 am
So this is what Inside Out was based on
@Viciac1356
October 13, 2024 at 11:43 am
In relation to the “are women more emotional than men”, he only noted that differences occur in identifying linguistic or social cues of emotion.. this just substantiates everything that gender is socially constructed – biologically speaking, if we did a controlled experiment of two people, man and woman, both raised exactly the same way, I’m sure there would be no difference.. interesting points to consider
@ainedunne412
October 13, 2024 at 1:56 pm
As someone with ASD can confirm the experience that I struggle to look people in the face is sometimes I don’t have the bandwidth to cope with seeing the emotions in their eyes.
@Esmasmile
October 13, 2024 at 2:39 pm
13:57 that reminds me of the islamic way of prayer
@bingobango9932
October 13, 2024 at 3:00 pm
The first step is admitting that Botox is the reason why you have an inability… to process… other peoples emotions. Good One.)
Women seem to have the set list of emotion/(s) that they’re going to focus on for the entire day figured out… Before they go to sleep the previous night.
Each day, Men are generally presented with too many separate emotions at a time; for any of them to supersede all of the other feelings.
@techcratic3853
October 13, 2024 at 3:02 pm
Buddha was just waaay ahead of his time
@Mrs.Garza1993
October 13, 2024 at 5:41 pm
How do these people know when to tweet these questions???
@jadedone6900
October 13, 2024 at 7:13 pm
As someone whose life was literally saved by psychiatric medications, I hate it when a doctor opines about “over medicating” and “you should try meditation”. Medication is a tool, like cognitive behavior therapy and meditation and exercise, and as such, belongs in every practitioners tool box when they are evaluating someone for help.
One of the great things about medication is that it can begin to provide relief for the sufferer of the mental illness in as little as two weeks, where some of the other tools tend to take quite bit longer to show positive results. Why would anyone allow their patient to be in pain for longer than necessary if they have the ability to provide relief faster? Of course, if the patient doesn’t want medication, that’s different… but to be in a position of authority and tell them, “Nah, let’s talk about how to think differently for a while first and see how that goes” is insane to me.
@MathewSan_
October 13, 2024 at 9:08 pm
Great video 👍
@nibiyabi
October 13, 2024 at 11:05 pm
I’d probably stop name-dropping the Dalai Lama after he sexually propositioned a child on live TV, but maybe that’s just me.
@RosanaButh-v3n
October 13, 2024 at 11:36 pm
Mueller Parkways
@MomoSimone22
October 14, 2024 at 1:03 am
I feel more needs to be said about anger being an emotion that’s not wholesome, because I don’t think it can just be labelled that way. We have all emotions for a reason, and there are appropriate times for them. Maybe I misheard what he was saying… 🤷🏽♀️
@sarojanidoddapaneni9734
October 14, 2024 at 1:58 am
Be Human.
Every one is unique and awesome blessed with awesome talent to blossom into a full blown individual.
Children Are precious.
Life is precious.
Every one is FEAR FULLY WONDERFULY MADE.
Discrimination Domination Double Standards MONEY Mongering Power Mongering Fame Mongering addicting Children and young people are victims of the above all.
@mrxw-m8b
October 14, 2024 at 1:58 am
He deflected the question
By saying it’s misplaced
Since when did nueros start lecturing others on feminism 🤣🤣
oh it’s between
@NiteshKumar-ue1yp
October 14, 2024 at 2:48 am
I just realised that I have autism. I find it very very difficult to look at another person’s face. It seems like a portal to my inner world. I feel exposed. It’s hard to explain.
When I have to go out, I find myself practicing making eye contact well in advance. It’s difficult.
@theoryianabsolute8777
October 14, 2024 at 4:03 am
Strees in too much scale can be negative
@ilovecheese.0o0
October 14, 2024 at 4:06 am
but cringe doesn’t have anger in it. right?
@MilissaTerry-r8e
October 14, 2024 at 4:22 am
Amiya Prairie
@OrlyVlogt
October 14, 2024 at 5:10 am
07:04 your internet promotes your ingroup. Internet is a tool, people use it differently.
@EstelaAfonso-ws9vd
October 14, 2024 at 5:11 am
My daughter and I are Autistic with ADHD. We used to take medication to help on focus and emotional regulation. We found solutions on IFS – Internal Family Systems therapy and NeuroFeedback. NeuroFeedback changes the networks of your brain. It really works on behaviour change and without medication. I hate these chemicals. One side effect is that you may feel like a zombie. You become numb, it’s hard to make decisions because your brain is “asleep”; you don’t even feel like reading or watching a movie. You merely exist. The other is loss of appetite (the most common side effect for ADHD treatment). My daughter and I, we’re skinny. Society already thinks we don’t eat at all. I prefer to see her healthier and eating healthy than “on drugs”. I hope I can help someone out there. Take care of yourselves. Stay healthy. There are other solutions beyond medication.
@ExileOfSand
October 14, 2024 at 5:12 am
Very intelligent guy, wish that this could have been on general neural science questions rather than focusing solely on something like emotions. There are so many more fascinating and important things he could have answered. Hopefully they bring him back with a full neural topic
@brookedodson2888
October 14, 2024 at 9:18 am
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@ichikimura8132
October 14, 2024 at 10:00 am
With the first question emotional it means for example if someone is sad and it’s trying to hide it you get that they are sad while some people might even not realize the person is sad
@CedroCron
October 14, 2024 at 11:28 am
Probably the best of these segments was this particular video. Thank you Wired!
@whimsicott928
October 14, 2024 at 12:39 pm
Learnt a lot in this video 🙂
@bellag8572
October 14, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Why are most of the men in these comments so scared (an emotion btw) to admit that they have the same emotional range as anyone else?? It is very unfair that men in our society are seen as apathetic and only angry. It is okay to have emotions of any sort, just because most men hide them does not mean that they don’t have the same emotional capacity as women. Men are scrutinized in society for showing weakness; this is often is incorrectly portrayed as love, happiness, sadness, and any “soft” emotions. This does NOT mean that women are more emotional! It simply means that many men, are more often than not, do not realize that everyone (themselves included) has an extremely vast range of emotions. These arguments claiming women “are more emotional than men”, are simply ignorant and the reason men do not understand that emotions are normal! This argument is largely rooted in misogyny because in pretty much all of our societies, women are seen as inferior. Emotions do not make you inferior, they make us human. Everyone shows emotion, it just depends on how we are (unknowingly) conditioned in society
@KittySnicker
October 14, 2024 at 6:22 pm
LOL I too wanted to know why I’m so mad
@romymasella2702
October 14, 2024 at 8:35 pm
“Stress shrinks the brain.”
This statement increases my stress level even more 💀
@Moot_toot
October 14, 2024 at 8:45 pm
“Women are more emotional”
Then men are statistically prone to crimes of passion, like murder.. because of emotional outbursts.
@flymetomatteo
October 14, 2024 at 11:01 pm
30 secs in and I’m already sold. Absolutely love it Dr!!!!
@DelaineyJones
October 15, 2024 at 12:43 am
To me “cringe” feels most aligned with embarrassment and disgust or disturbance, but definitely on par with secondhand embarrassment. Nothing makes me want to cringe more than really bad second hand embarrassment
@naveedsingsongs
October 15, 2024 at 2:03 am
Need a part 2 of this with some more interesting questions
@shmackydoodRon
October 15, 2024 at 6:01 am
What is love?
Baby don’t hurt me.
@nalosolovideo
October 15, 2024 at 6:47 am
The Dalai Lama is a creep I wouldn’t be so fast to associate myself with him, another point, emotional contagion surely starts in the womb not after birth? but otherwise a super interesting video
@pedrofredo
October 15, 2024 at 7:38 am
Jack Geller hasn’t aged a bit omg 😅
@texxstalker
October 15, 2024 at 8:21 am
5:55 shrooms
@AshwinAnandani
October 15, 2024 at 9:44 am
Props to whoever did the awesome chapter names
@girafficationzone9521
October 15, 2024 at 10:10 am
Fantastic video/guest, it’s all so fascinating!
@retu999
October 15, 2024 at 10:32 am
15:20 I’ve never heard someone pronounce “mature” or “maturity” that way 😂
@kylebowles9820
October 15, 2024 at 11:08 am
He answered that last question so well; a towering intellect and a true scientist
@danielsmith6782
October 15, 2024 at 1:50 pm
One big problem we have is the amount of people who self- medicate with alcohol nicotine and other illicit distances that affect brain health.
@oGR7o
October 15, 2024 at 3:34 pm
what is love?…
… baby don’t hurt me
@amandalucas6227
October 15, 2024 at 3:43 pm
Elliott Gould is that you?
@KxNOxUTA
October 15, 2024 at 5:25 pm
Emotions are the driver of all behaviour, even if you don’t notice it consciously and then use reason to explain to ourselves how our conclusions and behaviours make sense 😂
@andromedaneko7417
October 15, 2024 at 11:11 pm
Man I wish emotional intelligence was taught in schools. I truly believe one of the main reasons society is so messed up right now is because many (if not most) people just have no idea how to regulate their emotions. I only learned how to be in the drivers seat of my own brain, so to speak, by practicing meditation seriously for several years. It’s amazing what you are capable of when you start to be the one driving rather than being jerked around by emotions you don’t even understand.
@ggvideonow1
October 16, 2024 at 12:25 am
🤐 mute , helps me to observe my emotions . Specially, in today’s video conferences … I use mute a lot.
@SameeraSardesai
October 16, 2024 at 12:29 am
Omg i thought this was Elliot Gould💀😭
@dragonstories6718
October 16, 2024 at 12:34 am
Oh my god! I’ve always wondered why I laugh sooo much, way more than most people—and this just explains it all! (I had a stroke right after I was born, and it affected the left side of my body, therefore the RIGHT side of my brain!) It’s brain damage!!😂
@12himitsu12
October 16, 2024 at 1:05 am
Of course the internet makes people less empathetic
@DR.Barrit
October 16, 2024 at 4:53 am
Get Lisa Barrett Feldman on 🧠
@juliahormayer7255
October 16, 2024 at 9:38 am
I absolutely loved this!
@zaddynumber5
October 16, 2024 at 10:53 am
i think i need cognitive therapy.
@elizabetheaton3882
October 16, 2024 at 12:41 pm
Very interesting question and answer session. Thanks for posting!
@Germfish
October 16, 2024 at 12:44 pm
This guys job is worthless. Has no real world value.
@darkholyPL
October 16, 2024 at 1:12 pm
‘How cringe are jews?’ oh sorry it’s just the intrinsic thoughts.
@MsDF936
October 16, 2024 at 1:51 pm
I can’t find anything about contemplative aerobics, anyone else?
@McNugge.
October 16, 2024 at 2:04 pm
So…Does the first question imply that people who grew up with depression/high stress household have diminished cognitive capabilities? And of so, is it reverseable?
@hira791
October 16, 2024 at 2:41 pm
If people finally start counting anger as an emotion, we won’t be pointing fingers at women.
@Redserpent777
October 16, 2024 at 3:07 pm
There’s a thin line between agressive and passive aggressive..
@tayagilly
October 16, 2024 at 9:38 pm
30 seconds into the video and i already found out my brain is the size of a raisin
@kimberlysulit220
October 16, 2024 at 10:49 pm
He looks like Frank Geller, Ross and Monica’s Father.
@lrctrs
October 17, 2024 at 2:03 am
Elliot Gould in disguise!
@shreyanshichaurasia8088
October 17, 2024 at 3:11 am
Is it counterproductive to try and heal yourself without professional help??
@jankatkaromka
October 17, 2024 at 3:12 am
13:00 this is why yoga is best for your body and mind
@evelyn0077
October 17, 2024 at 4:36 am
i feel like men and women experience emotions similarly, but social and cultural factors influence how they express them. Women might be more open about their emotions because society encourages emotional expression in women while discouraging it in men, the society expects men to be stoic or unemotional.
@ashy969
October 17, 2024 at 5:08 am
6:30 it seems, the gut and brain is so connected, that even the foods we eat (or drink, like coffee) can effect our depression levels. Of course, CBT is a bigger help, but… (and I have severe depression when I have sleep disturbances and only moderate when I sleep better – even if it is achieved via meds).
@adem6371
October 17, 2024 at 5:35 am
“We know there are ways to change the brain that don’t require medication” – social change is by far the biggest impact upon wellbeing, and in an individualistic western society that’s a big problem. This focus on individualistic ‘self care’ ‘wellbeing’ strategies is not the answer, they help but are band aids. We need social change, holistic social model of health and wellbeing.
@guglnamobu7361
October 17, 2024 at 5:45 am
My guess its opposite…lets find out
@ItsMikky
October 17, 2024 at 8:09 am
I think it depends on personality. I am far more reactive than my husband. But I’ve also known men far more reactive than me..
@saundra_janae
October 17, 2024 at 8:29 am
I’ve never heard anybody say that Aba & Preach hate black women. They don’t belong in that list of personalities. Preach is married to a white woman but has never disparaged black women
@MaiasauraMia
October 17, 2024 at 8:55 am
about becoming smarter, changing your diet to have more fresh fruits, fish, and nuts and cut down completely high sugar and fast food can have a dramatic effect. You also want to filter your water, but seeing the effect of that is more long term. Heavy metals in water can damage your brain long term.
You’d be surprised of how mentally numb you can get by eating fast food for too long. Exercise and improving blood flow is also a big deal.
@davianoinglesias5030
October 17, 2024 at 8:59 am
If you exclude anger and ego then yes, women are e more emotional
@wallycheladyn1190
October 17, 2024 at 9:01 am
Maybe the Dali Lama needs to show less love… specifically to children…
@hugopnabais
October 17, 2024 at 9:44 am
“Women may be more sensitive to emotional cues”! That’s not what the research has shown! Women, in general, are more emotional that men!
@BonesyTucson
October 17, 2024 at 10:35 am
That is so, so key, and people forget that: The variation within gender exceeds the variation between gender. Take that to heart!
@TwentySeven1337
October 17, 2024 at 11:46 am
3:04 Whoever wrote the chapter names on this video is an Of Montreal fan.
@Vellerize
October 17, 2024 at 3:16 pm
Nah. Estrogen literally makes you react more emotionally to everything. All trans women know this.
@kurteisner67
October 17, 2024 at 6:07 pm
Wrong.
@nish5799
October 17, 2024 at 3:48 pm
I don’t really feel like he actually answered this, so emotions can be contagious primarily due to mirror neurons that fire off when you watch somebody else do something (originally discovered in macaque monkeys where they were able to see that monkey B watching money A peel and eat a banana lit up the same regions of the brain in Monkey B as Monkey A, as though Monkey B themself was peeling and eating a banana) and is likely influenced by von economo neurons, which are neurons that serve SEVERAL functions, some of which are deeply integrated in social communication/relationships/emotions.
@aisling664
October 17, 2024 at 4:59 pm
Obsessed the names on the timestamps
@Thirzy
October 17, 2024 at 6:17 pm
men and women are both emotional, but in general, men handle their emotions better.