Emotions take distinct bodily forms localized in specific organs

Evidence

I began with myself. I started to sing and play long tones, and to listen and observe how these tones affected me mentally and physically. I noticed that I could change my emotional state by concentrating my attention on a tone. I noticed that I could feel my body responding with relaxation or tension. Prolonged practice brought about a heightened state of awareness that gave me a sense of well-being. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 47 (#expands, via linked claim)

This is strong evidence that self-esteem keeps the physiological arousal associated with anxiety in check. Self-esteem is more than a mere mental abstraction: it is felt deeply in our bodies. Other studies have since shown that feelings of self-worth also diminish defensive reactions to thoughts of death. — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 220 (#expands, via linked claim)

Sartre and Merleau-Ponty follow Husserl also in thematizing two major types of aff ection: attraction and repulsion. Both argue that in primary perception we encounter attractive things to which we respond by approaching, reaching, and grasping; and on the other hand, we experience repulsive things that make us dissociate and turn, draw, and move farther away. Th is duality of attractive and repulsive objects corresponds to the duality of our own movements: we move toward things and away from them; we stay near to things and distance ourselves from them; we grasp and reject, possess and refute. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 362 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Blushing reveals consciousness of one’s body as a thing for the Other — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 916; Focused attention on a single tone can shift emotional and bodily state — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 47; Primary perception is organized around attraction and repulsion affecting bodily movement — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 362 (+1 more)

Related

• Primary perception is organized around attraction and repulsion affecting bodily movement (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Focused attention on a single tone can shift emotional and bodily state #expands (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 47
• Self-esteem is embodied, not just mental, and blunts death-anxiety #expands (0.78) — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 220
• Primary perception is organized around attraction and repulsion affecting bodily movement #expands (0.75) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 362