35 Emotions Explained By Evolutionary Psychology – Rob Kurzban

Rob Kurzban is a psychologist and an author.

Expect to learn why we should view emotions through the lens of evolution, the hidden reason why humans aren’t filled with existential anxiety at all times, what happens to your brain when you don’t express gratitude often, the secret message depression might be trying to communicate to your subconscious, what the most difficult emotions to explain are, and much more…

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0:00 How Evolution Explains Our Emotions
1:21 Why Do Humans Need Emotions at All?
3:44 How Emotions Measure and Motivate
8:09 The Hidden Intelligence of Body Maintenance
11:17 Why Humans Are So Good At Pooping
13:24 How the Body Uses Nausea As a Tactical Response
17:31 The Evolutionary Reason We Fear Small Spaces
21:21 Why You’re Not Attracted to Your Siblings
30:59 The Most Surprising Thing About Anxiety
35:51 How Much Anxiety Is Actually Normal?
39:42 Why Everyone Feels Overstimulated
40:49 Can Panic Actually Be Useful?
42:58 Are Aesthetic Pleasures Different From Sensory Pleasures?
45:16 Why Humans Love Grooming Each Other
52:02 Where Does Our Spice Tolerance End?
55:45 What is Fun and Excitement?
58:06 Is Music Just Sexual Signalling?
01:03:40 How Hunger Can Work Against Us
01:09:49 Which Emotions Are Uniquely Human?
01:18:06 Nature vs Culture: Where Do Emotions Come From?
01:20:27 Why Jealousy is So Unflattering
01:27:04 Is Evolutionary Psychology Accurate?
01:33:59 Is Empathy Really Investment Advice?
01:37:24 Why Gratitude Is More Powerful Than You Think
01:49:27 Does Clinical Psychology Actually Work?
01:51:00 What Depression Does to Your Behaviour
01:57:12 Contempt vs Resentment: What’s the Difference?
02:00:18 What Embarrassment Does to Your Body
02:05:27 Why Do We Feel Shame and Guilt?
02:09:33 The Personal Relationship to the Mind and Attention
02:11:50 The Emotions Robert Has Changed His Mind About
02:14:09 The Hardest Human Emotion to Explain
02:15:26 Which Emotion Causes the Most Damage Today?
02:21:02 How to Use Your Emotions to Improve Your Life
02:27:25 Where to Find Robert

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