The Building Blocks of Emotion

 
Cognition is a frail craft floating on a sea of emotion.
— Donald L. Nathanson

What’s your reaction to this statement? For many of us, it may appear to be an obvious truth.

We intuitively, and perhaps intellectually, know that our rational thoughts can be overwhelmed when our emotions are running high. We have phrases in our culture that indicate this kind of “knowing.”

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