emotion (redirected from Gut reaction)

emotion /emo·tion/ (e-mo´shun) a strong feeling state, arising subjectively and directed toward a specific object, with physiological, somatic, and behavioral components.emo´tional

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e·mo·tion (-mshn)

n.

An intense mental state that arises subjectively rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes.

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e·motion·al adj.

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emotion,

n a complex feeling or state (affect) accompanied by characteristic motor and glandular activities; feelings; mood.

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emotion

aroused state involving intense feeling, autonomic activation and related behavior. Animals have emotions insofar as they are motivated to behave by what they perceive and much of the reaction is learned rather than intuitive. The reactions are based on rewarding and adversive properties of stimuli from the external environment. The center for the control of emotional behavior is the limbic system of the brain.