When does a electrical impulse from the brain become emotion? If there is not emotion in the brain when and where does this impulse get emotion? If it's from the heart, then should'nt there be electrical impulses in the heart as well?

pljames

When does a electrical impulse from the brain become emotion?

When the brain releases hormones/chemicals that cause an emotion.

An electrical impulse in the brain in the right areas bring about a basic affective (emotional) state in less than 250 ms. The brain brings about autonomic and other physiological changes that are percieved as the more complex experiential emotions (in the brain).

 

The impulse doesn't get emotion, it's just an electrochemical signal. In the same way as the electrical currant in your TV doesn't get a picture an any particular point. The activity of many circuits come together to form an by directing the activity in the effectors (i.e. the electron guns at the back of the crt). So, the signals in the 'circuits' of the brain dealing with emotion bring about the sensation of emotion by directing the activity of effectors (pituitary, adrenal glands, GI tract, cardiovascular system etc.).

 

There are electrical impulses in the heart. They're how it works.