1. So, one of the important things we have to do is to ensure that learners become emotionally involved in whatever we're teaching them. If they don't get emotionally hooked on some level, they don't pay attention; if they don't pay attention, they don't learn. In fact, the more emotionally engaged a learner is, the more likely he or she is to learn.
2. Thus, emotion drives attention, which drives learning, memory, and problem-solving behavior. Simply stated, learning doesn't take place when there's no emotional arousal. However, as we all know, emotional arousal doesn't necessarily result in learning.
3. For example, when mammals are happy, they approach; in anger, they attack; when frightened, they escape; and when sad, they disengage. Charles Darwin's theory as told through John Mayer, psychologist.
4. Scientists have discovered that the same areas of the brain that are involved in processing emotion are also involved in processing memory.
5. "The design of those feedback circuits, as well as emotion-sensitive structures such as the amygdala and nucleus basalis, ensures that what we are feeling at the time of learning will be coded with the content and context of our experience." Eric Jensen
