Can all human emotions be expressed as chemicals

for example adrenaline = fear/fight/flight etc

Yes.

// Yes.

+1

We may add that there are electrochemical communications perhaps?

>for example adrenaline = fear/fight/flight etc

re this for starters
of readiness
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time-sensitive no less
if situations I bark
that fight or flight hence
a dochotomous stereotype
more in the shades you guess
and why why
take determination no less
of extremes I imply
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the cognitive
should not be denied
and of focus quality
so better not dichotomize
the readiness responsivity
the time-sensitive optimized
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Emotion

strange how that article does not link to this one on emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence

// We may add that there are electrochemical communications perhaps?

Thinking the same thing,

// strange how that article does not link to this one on emotional intelligence

I thought it was a fad,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expression_of_the_Emotions_in_Man_and_Animals

“…This connection of mental states to the neurological organisation of movement (as the word emotion suggests) was central to Darwin’s understanding of emotion. Darwin himself displayed many biographical links between his psychological life and locomotion…”

SCIENCE said:

// We may add that there are electrochemical communications perhaps?

Thinking the same thing,

// strange how that article does not link to this one on emotional intelligence

I thought it was a fad,

Are you suggesting that emotional intelligence is a fad

so the ability to be aware of ones emotions is a fad

and the ability to control ones emotions is a fad

A fad is any form of behavior that develops among a large population and is collectively followed enthusiastically for a period of time

humans have been controlling their emotions since prehistoric times

controlling ones emotions can lead one to a better life

How can emotional intelligence be a fad?

> Can all human emotions be expressed as chemicals?

I have a hypothesis that there is no emotion without muscle movement. A certain combination of muscle movements expresses anger, another (shrinking-withdrawing) combination expresses fear, another combination depression, another combination greed, jealousy, etc. If so, then that completely separates emotion from chemicals, and explains why the expression of the same neuro-chemical in different people has different emotional effects.

every body is different, everyone has a different set of chemicals in their body

this changes over time with diet, prescription drugs, drinks etc

so would around 60 trace elements be the key to human emotions?

and I’m wondering how bacteria play a part in human emotions

Composition of the human body

Composition of the human body

The elemental composition of the human body can be looked at from the point of view of either mass composition, or atomic composition. To illustrate both views, the adult male human body is approximately 57% water, and water is 11% hydrogen by mass but 67% hydrogen by atomic percent. Thus, most of the mass of the human body is oxygen, but most of the atoms in the human body are hydrogen atoms. Both mass-composition and atomic composition figures are given below (see pie graphs and table).

Body composition may also be analyzed in terms of molecular type (e.g., water, protein, connective tissue, fats (or lipids) apatite (in bones), carbohydrates (such as glycogen and glucose) and DNA. In terms of tissue type, the body may be analyzed into water, fat, muscle, bone, etc. In terms of cell type, the body contains hundreds of different types of cells, but notably, the largest number of cells contained in a human body (though not the largest mass of cells) are not human cells, but consist of bacteria (bacterial cells) residing in the normal human gastrointestinal tract.

Major, minor and trace elements

Almost 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. All are necessary to life. The remaining elements are trace elements, of which more than a dozen are thought to be necessary for life, or play a role in good health (e.g., fluorine, which hardens dental enamel but seems to have no other function).

An easy way to remember the six most essential elements in living organisms is CHONPC (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and calcium).

Elemental composition list

The average 70 kg adult human body contains approximately 7 × 1027 atoms and contains at least detectable traces of 60 chemical elements. About 25 of these elements are thought to play an active positive role in life and health in humans.

I see emotions as being an aspect of homeostatic mechanisms, involved in homeostasis.

mollwollfumble said:

> Can all human emotions be expressed as chemicals?

I have a hypothesis that there is no emotion without muscle movement. A certain combination of muscle movements expresses anger, another (shrinking-withdrawing) combination expresses fear, another combination depression, another combination greed, jealousy, etc. If so, then that completely separates emotion from chemicals, and explains why the expression of the same neuro-chemical in different people has different emotional effects.

But that implies that muscles are self governing and themselves aren’t controlled by chemicals. Purely physical emotions are a reflex to stimulus designed to promote or prevent contact with said stimulus. I agree that emotions promote alterations to physical posture which in turn amplifies the experience within a preoccupation with specific stimuli. The nervous system is governed by chemicals so separating the physical sensation of emotions from chemical causation seems radical.

I would not assume automatically that emotions are chemical in origin. Thoughts trigger auto-reflexes that are more often than not, decidedly more powerful than the initial thought might be and without conscientious regulation of the motivation for ones action can develop to a degree in which there is minimal conscientious involvement in a particular reflex action. This suggests that reflexes are designed to be necessarily autonomous, ie; an inexperienced individual within a group will respond to alarm within that group and subsequently follow the lead of the group without comprehending the origin of the alarm.

Personally I would have to draw a distinction between physically involved emotions and less autonomous experience isolators. Gross physical reflexes I would classify as ‘e-motion’(experiential motivator) and beyond this there may be a less substantial experience that may be interpreted as ‘a-motion’(intuitive knowledge differentiation) connected subtly to thought and comprehension capacity.

emotion
the conjurer of mental states
gives a tone
arranges the funiture mate
somewhat our home