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Full Idea
Babies show emotion dramatically, but the areas of the brain that in adults are linked to the conscious experience of emotions are not active in newborn babies. Such emotions may therefore be unconscious.
Gist of Idea
Babies show highly emotional brain events, but may well be unaware of them
Source
Rita Carter (Mapping the Mind [1998], p. 19)
Book Ref
Carter,Rita: 'Mapping the Mind' [Phoenix 2000], p.19
A Reaction
Traditionally, 'unconscious emotion' is a contradiction, but I think we should accept this new evidence and rethink the nature of mind. Not only might emotion be non-conscious, but we should even consider that rational thinking could be too.