Dr Laith Al-Shawaf is an emotions researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at UCCS.

Humans have a wide range of emotions. But why do we feel anything at all? Why do we have a felt sense of emotions and how did they evolve?

Expect to learn the evolutionary story of why humans feel stuff, whether some emotions are more basic than others, evolutionary explanations for joy, anger, disgust, envy, awe, happiness and much more…

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#844 - Dr Laith Al-Shawaf - Why Do Humans Actually Have Emotions?