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Towards the end of our last class we briefly discussed how our mood influences our perception and ability. If we are in a good mood we might see the constant jibberish a toddler creates as cute and engage him in peek-a-boo. If we are in a bad mood those same sounds might drive us up a wall with annoyance and lead us to hush the child with a bottle or some other forceful way. I believe we talk about study early in the semester that analyzed a range of adults aptitudes when severely upset. The study discovered that across all groups, when enraged the ability to reason is decreased. This to me is further evidence of a bipartite nervous system. Personally there have been times when i have been emotional (really happy or angry) and acted in a greater risk taking behavior then normal but feeling that i was justified in do so. This to me means that even though I have an I-function, it doesn't unilaterally control my descision making. We also talked about the strong relationship between pharmacology and generalized control mechanisms. I am wondering about drug design. Do pharamceutical companies desgin drugs to depress the emotional parts of our brain or stimulate the moral rational sides to combat psycological disorders and diseases?