Sorry about the confusion.
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Kraftiekortie
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Starkid
Yes it's displaying the signs (tears) of being upset but without feeling upset about the topic being discussed.
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This Amoeba
When this happened to me it was because I was overwhelmed and I think there were too many emotions to deal with when I had to do eye contact with person that felt concerned.
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Aaron Rhodes
Maybe the upset was about something else, or feeling overwhelmed in general, I think the eye contact might have been an additional challenge that caused the tears.
Could this be related to brain imaging studies where they suggested that there are neurological differences that cause these reactions?
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The amygdala acts as a kind of 'switchbox' between two parts of the brain:
Cerebral cortex: the part of the brain that processes sensory information, such as what you see, smell and hear. The cerebral cortex is also responsible for all of the higher functions of the brain, for example thought, language and problem solving.
The limbic system: the part of the brain that regulates your emotion.
The amygdala 'chooses' emotional responses from your limbic system and relays them to your cerebral cortex. This means that your emotions match the situation that you are in.
Brain imaging studies carried out in people with ASD suggest that the connections between the cerebral cortex, the amygdala and the limbic system have become scrambled.
28 Jun 2017, 4:46 pm
