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The way in which the processes of learning and emotion cross paths is a compelling approach to explaining the social neuroscience affect on individual actions. Taking the literal sense of a phrase like “I feel like ripping someone head’s off” is a good indication of what the individual potentially will/want to do as a result of a feeling they have. I completely agree with the idea that emotion is simply a branch of applying what the body has interpreted and internalized and as a result allows them to handle different situations appropriately. One good example of this is through the behavior empathy. On an evolutionary standpoint, a human beings ability to be empathetic to another increases his/her reaction time and actual reaction to the individual they are feeling empathetic towards. For example, a caring mother will not only feel empathetic to their daughter going through labor but will immediately be prepared to handle the situation with the proper supplies and steps necessary to facilitate the delivering process. In the case of education, this sort of quality can definitely be beneficial for the teachers when assessing the students genuine understanding of the material or lack there of. Being empathetic towards the struggling student can put the teacher in the best position to immediately understand exactly where the student is coming from, making the entire communicative exchange run much more smoothly and comfortably, isolating and resolving the problem much more quickly.