Emotions: From Birth to Old Age by Richard Spilsbury

Before I started to research for my project, I had a little background knowledge on my topic. I knew a little about the brain and emotions, since last year in science we learnt a bit about it, but we didn’t go into any real depth. Prior to the research I knew that the amygdala, hypothalamus and pituitary gland help in producing emotions, and what an introvert and what an extravert is, but not in any real detail; I didn’t know what causes people to become an introvert or an extravert, or all of the different parts of the brain that help to create emotions and interact with others. What I needed to know was the neurological and psychological differences between introverts and extraverts, all the parts of our brain that helps us to interact with others, how emotions affect our actions and behaviour, how emotions affect introverts and extraverts, why people act social and asocial, and what parts of the brain control emotions.

The sources that helped me the most in finding out what I needed to know was the article Why are some people more social than others? The difference between Introverts and Extroverts” by Simon Moesgaard-Kjeldsen, the book “Emotions: From Birth to Old Age” by Richard Spilsbury and the article written by Mackenzie Wright “How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Behaviours?”. From these sources I discovered the main information for my research, such as how our brain makes emotions, the different parts that help with this, how emotions affect our behaviour and actions, and the basics behind emotions.

The book by Spilsbury taught me where emotions occur in our brain, how the different parts of the brain create emotions, what causes emotions and how emotions affect bodily causes, e.g., when we are nervous we sweat and get a ...

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