Neuroscientist Answers Emotion Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain to shrink? What are chemical imbalances and what do they do to our emotions? Why do we have emotions at all? Dr. Davidson answers these questions and more on Emotion Support.

Dr. Richard J. Davidson is the founder of Healthy Minds Innovations and The Center For Healthy Minds.

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Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Christopher Eustache
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Dr. Richard Davidson
Creative Producer: Justin Wolfson
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds

0:00 Emotion Support is here for you
0:14 Stress causes shrinkage?
0:32 Are women really more sensitive and emotional than men?
1:05 Feelings: Why?
1:54 Botox
2:59 Come on, chemicals
4:14 Are autistic individuals hypersensitive to emotions?
5:00 That feeling in your gut
5:40 Can I turn them off?
7:04 The internet and our emotional state
8:07 Cringe
8:52 How many emotions are there?
10:59 Why is smiling contagious?
11:50 Meditation and the brain
13:01 me need be smarter
14:08 Can I borrow a feeling?
15:23 Emotional maturity etc.
16:24 Laughter
17:40 HI WHY AM I SO MAD
18:45 What is love? (Baby don’t hurt me)

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