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Most of us are familiar with feeling mixed emotions. For example, the way excitement and fear can co-mingle as you embark on a new challenge. Or the way love and sadness blend when a family member moves away.
A lot of psychology research hasn’t embraced the concept that both a positive and negative emotion can be held at the same time.
But a new study reveals something new about how complex feelings are formed in the brain.
https://theconversation.com/mixed-emotions-neuroscience-is-exploring-how-your-brain-lets-you-experience-two-opposite-feelings-at-once-234994
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Mixed emotions – neuroscience is exploring how your brain lets you experience two opposite feelings at once
Bittersweet experiences aren’t uncommon. Do people ever truly feel both positive and negative at the same exact moment, or do we just switch quickly back and forth?The Conversation