Neuroscientist Answers Emotion Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain to shrink? What are chemical imbalances and what do they do to our emotions? Why do we have emotions at all? Dr. Davidson answers these questions and more on Emotion Support. Dr. Richard J. Davidson is the founder of Healthy Minds Innovations and The Center For Healthy Minds. https://hminnovations.org/ https://centerhealthyminds.org/ Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Christopher Eustache Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Dr. Richard Davidson Creative Producer: Justin Wolfson Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Talent Booker: Nicholas Sawyer Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Sonia Butt Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Additional Editor: Jason Malizia Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds 0:00 Emotion Support is here for you 0:14 Stress causes shrinkage? 0:32 Are women really more sensitive and emotional than men? 1:05 Feelings: Why? 1:54 Botox 2:59 Come on, chemicals 4:14 Are autistic individuals hypersensitive to emotions? 5:00 That feeling in your gut 5:40 Can I turn them off? 7:04 The internet and our emotional state 8:07 Cringe 8:52 How many emotions are there? 10:59 Why is smiling contagious? 11:50 Meditation and the brain 13:01 me need be smarter 14:08 Can I borrow a feeling? 15:23 Emotional maturity etc. 16:24 Laughter 17:40 HI WHY AM I SO MAD 18:45 What is love? (Baby don’t hurt me) Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe... Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►  / wired   Twitter ►►  / wired   Facebook ►►  / wired   Tik Tok ►►  / wired   Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.