This document is an article of scientific dissemination and therefore aims to give a greater scope of information on the subject of emotions and feelings. In the following pages, different elements of this theme are discussed, starting with the neurological configuration of emotions from the role of the limbic system, its components and function. Then the importance of sociocultural factors for the elaboration of emotional responses and their expression, which are regulated according to the context and specific space of each person, according to the approaches of some authors from the line of the anthropology of emotions. There is also a brief discussion of the concepts of emotion and feeling, as well as the conclusions reached on this debate, and finally, the relevant role that emotional intelligence has taken in the study of emotions in recent years is outlined. , as well as its impact on today's society in schools, companies, and coaching, aimed at children and adults.
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