重庆市2017高考英语阅读理解选编(63)【2015高考复习】阅读理解Manyofusstilltendtothinkthatemotionscanaffectreasonablethought,andsometimeslandusintrouble
Butinrecentyearspsychologistshavetakenquiteadifferentview
KeithOatley,ProfessorofPsychologyatGlasgowUniversity,isinvolvedintheresearchwhichshowsthefundamentalimportanceofemotions
Hebelieveswe_are_very_ambivalent_about_them:wethinkofouremotionsasbeingunreasonable,butwealsoconsiderthemasessentialtobeinghuman
Forexample,MrSpock,acharacterinthetelevisionseriesStarTrek,issuper-intelligentandhehasnoemotionsatall
However,heisnevermadecaptainofthespaceship
Maybe,thisisbecauseMrSpockisnotthekindofpersonyoucanshareyourfeelingswith—apersonwhoshowshisemotions
AsProfessorOatleypointsout,ouremotionshaveveryimportantfunctions,forexample,fear
Ifwecrosstheroadandacarapproaches,weusu