EM.14: Deep Dive – A Concluding Poem to Help You Study

Approximate reading time: 3 minutes

Since this chapter is about emotions, let’s have a little fun as we sum up this chapter using a poem written in rhyming couplets.

In this chapter, embark we did on a cerebral quest,

Through the realms of emotion, we were richly blessed.

James then Lange, at the same time, did appear,

“Body reacts first, then emotions, it’s clear.”

Cannon-Bard stood firm, with a confident chant,

“Feel and react together, no sequential slant.”

Schachter-Singer, together they sing,

“Perception and arousal, together they cling.”

Judgment leads in the cognitive-mediational creed,

Emotions then follow, in thought and in deed.

Emotions as perceptions, raw and unrefined,

In LeDoux’s view, we can skip the cognitive mind.

TCM’s wisdom, ancient and profound,

Emotions in organs, with nature’s elements bound.

Amygdala alerts, hippocampus binds,

Together in dance, emotions and memories they find.

Land stirs our souls, through place and time we roam,

In every space, across all powers, emotions find their home.

In smiles and frowns our feelings dance, a silent language told at a glance.

Beyond the face, the body speaks, in every gesture, an emotion leaks.

Emojis reflect our inner state, in digital discourse they communicate;

Like facial cues in a silent dance, in texts and tweets, they enhance.

Challenging myths with a scientific lens we comprehend,

Research reveals emotions in women and men don’t on gender depend.

With science and insight, emotions we’ve traced, a narrative hearty,

Who knew the science of feelings could be such a rollicking party?