Humans share the basic emotions identified by Dr Ekman's work with other mammals.

ECONOMIST: Emotion is essential to human survival

Maybe some ceremonial dances, like rituals, could be included in these two basic emotions that force humans to move, to dance.

WSJ: Ballet's Alexei Ratmansky Has the Right Moves

So the more probable reason for the rout in European banks, which has depressed European stock markets and led to contagion on Wall Street, is simply those very basic emotions that afflict investors from time to time (especially recently): fear and capitulation.

BBC: Fear and capitulation in European banks

And I think they - they hanker for, you know, some simplicity, some real basic honest human emotions, and that would sort of cover the general spirit in which I write songs.

NPR: Rocky Mountain Activist Carole King

Here are three basic steps for winning the nonverbal argument when emotions are running high.

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