Brogaard's Argumentative Analysis
The evidence I have found that supports the notion of unconscious emotions in which Brogaard has cited is listed below.
1. People with partial or full blindness have residual vision called “blind sight”. Humans with blind sight have a sixth sense that makes them aware of a thing, an object or a person in front of them; where it is located and what color it is without consciously seeing it by using a visual process. These people can respond to the emotion without being consciously aware of it, which is called affective blind sight, argued by Brogaard.
It is said that those with blind sight and have been presented with threatening faces quickly causes the individual to display body changes that exhibit fear. It suggest “that fear responses do not require conscious representation in the visual brain but can be …show more content…
There are individuals that lack the response in the emotional brain that triggers an unconscious emotion that allows you to recognize someone by facial recognition. Those that are without the unconscious emotional response can-not decipher if they know that particular person, these individuals are diagnosed with the neurological condition called capgras syndrome. The unconscious affect causes a person to see an impersonator of a family member or a friend and not as the actual person they are.
All five examples of evidence elaborate on Brogaard theory that your unconscious thoughts and emotions are part of your mind and or brain that you don’t realize is happening. And that it is the basis that guides your behavioral patterns and personality. Individuals are able to react and respond in a way that happens subconsciously without having to think it through. Our brains are wired to sometimes take past experiences and situations into consideration when we may encounter a similar situation in the future and display the same mannerism we previously displayed. It seems our unconscious emotions are just as strong or even stronger than our conscious
1. People with partial or full blindness have residual vision called “blind sight”. Humans with blind sight have a sixth sense that makes them aware of a thing, an object or a person in front of them; where it is located and what color it is without consciously seeing it by using a visual process. These people can respond to the emotion without being consciously aware of it, which is called affective blind sight, argued by Brogaard.
It is said that those with blind sight and have been presented with threatening faces quickly causes the individual to display body changes that exhibit fear. It suggest “that fear responses do not require conscious representation in the visual brain but can be …show more content…
There are individuals that lack the response in the emotional brain that triggers an unconscious emotion that allows you to recognize someone by facial recognition. Those that are without the unconscious emotional response can-not decipher if they know that particular person, these individuals are diagnosed with the neurological condition called capgras syndrome. The unconscious affect causes a person to see an impersonator of a family member or a friend and not as the actual person they are.
All five examples of evidence elaborate on Brogaard theory that your unconscious thoughts and emotions are part of your mind and or brain that you don’t realize is happening. And that it is the basis that guides your behavioral patterns and personality. Individuals are able to react and respond in a way that happens subconsciously without having to think it through. Our brains are wired to sometimes take past experiences and situations into consideration when we may encounter a similar situation in the future and display the same mannerism we previously displayed. It seems our unconscious emotions are just as strong or even stronger than our conscious