Contagious Emotions and Responding to Stress

Lori Desautels

Contagious Emotions and Responding to Stress

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Abstract

<p> Neuroscience research suggests that emotions are contagious. Our brains are social organs, and we are wired for relationships. When we encounter or experience intense emotions from another individual, we feel those feelings as if they were our own. <a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/monkey-see-monkey-do-emotions-are-contagious-because-mirror-neurons-brain-318692" target="_blank"> Mirror neurons in our brains </a> are responsible for empathy, happiness, and the contagious anger, sadness, or anxiety that we feel when another person is experiencing these same feelings.</p>

Original language	American English
Journal	Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
State	Published - Mar 31 2016

Keywords

Inside Out
brain-based learning
character education
emotional learning
social learning
student engagement
teaching strategies

Disciplines

Education
Educational Psychology
Teacher Education and Professional Development

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