Emotions, the energy states of the brain

Einstein's general relativity uncovered gravity as the field geometry measured by its effects. Consciousness evolved in interaction with the material world, absorbing its operational principles. Increasingly sophisticated responses to stimuli engendered a brain operation that mirrors the physical world. For example, society forms a temporal field analogous to gravity. We cannot see or touch the temporal field, but its presence constantly regulates our behavior. The temporal field can cause powerful emotional reactions, such as shame, pride, joy, etc. In this process, emotional self-regulation guides attention and cognitive functions, including perception, memory, thoughts, and behavior. We do not have to be conscious of our feelings to be regulated and influenced by them. 

Sensory perception is an automatic, involuntary process. We cannot 'decide' not to process sensory stimuli or read road signs because stimulus impinges on the mind by shifting the brain's energy balance. Moreover, sensory perception also requires energy, which the brain 'pays' for through the energy requirement of brain frequencies. Thus, sensory processing is an energy-information exchange with the environment. 

The brain's highly fluid neural organization allows an active balancing of electromagnetic gradients based on charge conservation. The above drawing represents the stimulus path from the sensory cortical surface toward the frontal associative regions. The energy requirement of neuronal activation extinguishes the information flow and forms an electric potential between the limbic and cortical areas, which reverses the flow via slow oscillations (Figure above, #2). The information flow reversal from the frontal brain recovers the neutral energy state. The sensory transmission toward the sensory cortex by fast oscillations and response by slow oscillations indicates the polarity effects of the brain's electromagnetic flows.

Computer simulations based on EEG, fMRI, and other techniques can pinpoint the tendency for unhealthy emotional states (i.e., the brain's energy balance) in patients and predict proneness for depression, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), anxiety, and other conditions (there are already some results on this front). You can find more detailed information in my book, The Science of Consciousness, or manuscript, Consciousness, a Cosmic Phenomenon.

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The biological brain gives rise to the physical mind. The basis of mental regulation occurs through interaction with the environment, which leads to energy and information exchange. Interaction triggers energy imbalances, so-called emotions, which trigger actions that recover the neutral state. Thus, the environment regulates animal behavior (such as mammals and birds) by triggering appropriate emotions, which produces actions that extinguish those emotions. Emotions integrate the brain (and the organism) seamlessly into its environment. 

Orienting in time, the mind interprets stimulus as a binary code, either past or the future. The emotional history forms the mind's temporal landscape. The new is based on the promises and possibilities in unsecured, unknown situations, which can even be threatening. But they can also come with opportunities, such as food or find a mate. The past corresponds to the need for safety and security, which can lead to boredom. Therefore, both the future and the past can trigger both positive and negative emotions. From mice to whales and humans, mental regulation is based on these basic orientations—positive or negative attitude.

Negative emotions are the tools of destruction, whereas positive feelings are the success generators of the mind. However, even positive feelings can produce emptiness and superficiality, which mitigates failure. Inversely, negative emotions can be turned around, producing mental brilliance and success. This complexity gives rise to perplexing real-life examples: promising young talents ending as a miserable failure and inauspicious beginnings leading to spectacular success. This way, the individual creates his own history. 

Therefore, attitude via positive or negative emotions is a fundamental personal success component. Goal orientation is an imaginary mental compass that moves toward the future by automatically supplying an appropriate attitude in any situation. Even rats remember location clues better when working toward a goal. In human subjects, the motivation to obtain rewards reduces conflict-related activation, thereby enhancing performance. In computer simulation studies, a goal-oriented effort was a superior success method (Wissner-Gross and Freer, 2013). Working through adverse circumstances produces confidence, the mental capital for resolve, and motivation toward success. Inversely, belief permits goal-oriented work. 

A more detailed explanation for some of these and other questions about the mind can be found in the book, The Science of Consciousness. 




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