Your ESP Coach • English for Specific Purposes: April 2019

By Georgina Jacobs

🔺IMPORTANT: This is NOT an advert! This is just my honest (and free) opinion.

I've already recommended other interesting websites, tools and videos, and I'll keep on doing so in the future as long as I come across things worth recommending. 😊

Why do I recommend this website? Simply because I think it is interesting, useful and fun, and it contributes to our understanding of our own feelings and those of people around us.

👉 GO TO THE EMOTIONS LAB WEBSITE

👉 GO TO THE EMOTIONS LAB BLOG

💡Below is a brief website overview

“The Emotions Lab uses the study of the past to help us understand our feelings in the present.

It was launched in March 2019 and was created by Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London. You can visit our Centre’s website to find out more about who we are, and also check out our podcasts, follow us on Twitter, and read our blog, which has been publishing posts on all things emotional since 2011.”

You can get started by choosing an emotion to learn more about, or by listening to one of the ‘Emotional Shorts’ podcasts. You can also listen to AUDIO and watch VIDEOS.

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Tuesday, April 02, 2019

The emotion centre of the brain: why is mood so important? By Dr Genevieve Rayner (From Your Brain Health)

👉By Dr. Genevieve Rayner, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

“Somebody woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning.” You know that comment; the one that rarely makes you feel any more gracious towards the world (or the person saying it). At other times you might feel particularly gracious and sunny, for no reason at all.

Our mood is a transient frame of mind that influences how we think and view the world. It is influenced by events in our lives, the amount of sleep we get, hormones, even the weather. But what role does the brain play in shaping our mood?

The limbic system

Many regions fundamental to mood are buried deep in the most primordial parts of the brain; that is, they are thought to have been among the first to develop in the human species. This is probably because mood is evolutionarily important.

Being glum can be advantageous and has been shown to sharpen our eye for detail, for instance. But, overall, the brain seems geared towards maintaining a mildly positive frame of mind. Being in a good mood makes us more likely to seek new experiences, be creative, plan ahead, procreate and adapt to changing conditions.

The limbic system is the major primordial brain network underpinning mood. It’s a network of regions that work together to process and make sense of the world. (Continue reading)

👉GO TO FULL ARTICLE ⇨ The emotion centre is the oldest part of the human brain: why is mood so important?