Lab Notes: Decoding Your Feelings

A deep dive on the science behind emotions, feelings, and how they arise within us.

So, what are feelings?

If you asked me this question seeking a scientific answer a few years ago, I probably would have been stumped. Likely, I’d have laughed it off and covered up my lack of knowing the exact science with some goofy or poetic frame – They’re me, of course. All of me. My feelings are me and my interpretation of the world… and oooooh, bab…