Editing Emotion (section)

=== Emergent explanation ===
Emotions are seen by some researchers to be constructed (emerge) in social and cognitive domain alone, without directly implying [[Heredity|biologically inherited]] characteristics.

[[Joseph E. LeDoux|Joseph LeDoux]] differentiates between the human's defense system, which has evolved over time, and emotions such as fear and [[anxiety]]. He has said that the [[amygdala]] may release hormones due to a trigger (such as an innate reaction to seeing a snake), but "then we elaborate it through cognitive and conscious processes".<ref name="LeDoux" />

[[Lisa Feldman Barrett]] highlights differences in [[emotions and culture|emotions between different cultures]], and says that emotions (such as anxiety) are socially constructed (see [[theory of constructed emotion]]). She says that they "are not triggered; you create them. They emerge as a combination of the physical properties of your body, a flexible brain that wires itself to whatever environment it develops in, and your culture and upbringing, which provide that environment".<ref>{{cite book|last=Barrett |first=Lisa Feldman |author-link=Lisa Feldman Barrett |title=How Emotions Are Made |chapter=Introduction |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |year=2017 |isbn=978-0544133310}}</ref> She has termed this approach the [[theory of constructed emotion]].