The movie opens where a girl named riley is born, her parents looking at her as their bundle of joy. Riley feels happy and a “core memory” is formed. The movie also shows some developmental milestones of Riley and highlights the basic emotions happiness, anger, fear, disgust and sadness. Each emotion has its importance. Joy is the primary driver of the “control center,” representing the excited, explorative nature seen in normal developing children. Fear and Disgust, we are told, keep us safe. For instance, Fear keeps Toddler Riley from tripping on an electrical cord. Disgust protects us from being poisoned “physically and socially.” We don’t put bad tasting things in our mouths thanks to Disgust, but we also stay away from
The movie opens where a girl named riley is born, her parents looking at her as their bundle of joy. Riley feels happy and a “core memory” is formed. The movie also shows some developmental milestones of Riley and highlights the basic emotions happiness, anger, fear, disgust and sadness. Each emotion has its importance. Joy is the primary driver of the “control center,” representing the excited, explorative nature seen in normal developing children. Fear and Disgust, we are told, keep us safe. For instance, Fear keeps Toddler Riley from tripping on an electrical cord. Disgust protects us from being poisoned “physically and socially.” We don’t put bad tasting things in our mouths thanks to Disgust, but we also stay away from