• Question: What causes emotions?

    Asked by to Alan, Deepak, Francesca, Lilly, Nick on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
    • Photo: Alan Fitzsimmons

      Alan Fitzsimmons answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Emotions are formed in the brain when we experience different things, but no-one knows how. Maybe you’ll be the scientist to discover this?

    • Photo: Francesca Day

      Francesca Day answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Emotions are linked to processes in the brain. Some emotions are also related to various hormones. No one really knows how it works though!

    • Photo: Nick Wright

      Nick Wright answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      We think emotions are caused by a combination of chemicals and hormones in the brain, and the interaction of neurones in the brain as well, but its not a well understood area because its so difficult to understand how human brains work. If you’re interested in how the human brain works it’ll probably be a really good area of scientific research to get involved in in the future!

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