I'm wondering that if it is possible to scan someones brain and detect what and how much endorphin/synapse activity is present during different emotions. Involving all emotions in the cortex and limbic system. What emotions register on what parts of the brain and how much activity is their?

 

What would you use to do this?

 

If this is possible then I have a hypothesis that can be tested and I would love to share it in science forums. If anybody finds it interesting I would really need some help formatting a paper.

We're probably not as advanced in these measurements as you think we are, but fMRI is where you'd begin. Just 3 months ago, a team was able to identify for the first time which emotion a person was feeling based on brain activity as measured via fMRI, but that was about it (happy versus angry, no magnitude of response, no blood draw to compare against endorphins, etc.).

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619195137.htm

Thankyou very much! Well it is a start and if we are already working on this type of tech, then my hypothesis may be able to be put to the test.

We're probably not as advanced in these measurements as you think we are, but fMRI is where you'd begin. Just 3 months ago, a team was able to identify for the first time which emotion a person was feeling based on brain activity as measured via fMRI, but that was about it (happy versus angry, no magnitude of response, no blood draw to compare against endorphins, etc.).

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619195137.htm

 

Very interesting. Obviously we're not at that stage yet, but as our knowledge of the brain increases, we will be able to tell more and more about a person's emotions simply by analyzing her/his brain activity. Imagine the implications this might have not only for the OP's hypothesis, but for the neurological, medical, and social sciences as a whole. Exciting times lie ahead, and I hope I live long enough to see them.

The long and short of it is that you can tell more about a persons emotions right now by looking at their face and their pupils and by measuring their galvanic skin response, heart rate, breathing etc. than you can by looking at their brain. We get better every day, but we still have a lot to learn.

Well for my hypothesis to be a testable one to be made into a theory it would require some sort of brain scanning tech. Mind you, in my opinion if this hypothesis does produce a viable theory, it could change the world.