I just watched the movie, Inside Out. It's an animated Disney movie about what goes on inside a young girl's mind. Pixar consulted with two scientists — Paul Ekman and Dacher Keltner
— to make sure the brain, emotions, and memory were depicted
accurately. It was quite a movie. It was entertaining, and in some ways,
illuminating, especially its depiction of how sadness helps us be
happy, and how memories can be colored by emotion. I felt enriched by
the movie.
Apparently others have been enriched too. In an interview,
one of the consulting scientists (Keltner), said, "The emails I'm
getting are astounding. I’ve gotten emails from grandfathers who are
like, 'I went with my grandkids and I was crying.' Sixty-year-old men
are saying this movie is changing their relationship to their wife. I
got an email from a mom who took her highly functioning autistic boy to
the movie, and seeing the movie was the first time that this young guy
had insight into his emotional difficulty. He said: 'Mom, I know I have
anger, fear, and disgust, but I really struggle with sadness and joy — I
don't know where they are.' And she said it was their breakthrough
moment. I was blown away."
If you'd like to read more about the science behind the movie, here are a few articles I recommend:
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