![]() ![]() Would everyone’s mental temperature follow the same arc? Would mine, if I’d had a little less coffee or a lot more sleep?Įmotions color our lives – but how do our lives shape our emotions? Simple as it may seem, this question animates a long-running argument at the intersection between psychology and neuroscience. ![]() I thought I’d seen it all.īut riding North toward my office in the Village, I pondered the complexity of my emotional response – anger, fear, anger, amusement – that unfolded over no more than a few seconds. I was laughing by the time I reached the apex of the bridge. That morning, a cyclist coming from the other direction didn’t like that I tried to pass a slower rider at the onramp to the bridge, causing the three of us to momentarily share a two lane bike lane. ![]() My commute usually feels robotic – I know the speed to take at each turn, the timing of the traffic lights. ![]() I am, admittedly, an aggressive city cyclist, bobbing and weaving through traffic and over the Williamsburg Bridge every morning. My immediate surprise (punched, on my bike?) turned to rage (yelling profanities), which quickly turned to fear (will he chase me down?), and then back to rage (more profanities) once I realized the culprit was speeding away in the opposite direction. As I readjusted the bike helmet that had been ripped to side of my face, it took me a moment to realize that I’d been punched in the head. ![]()
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