emocija
Emocija is a term used in several South Slavic languages to denote emotion or feeling. In Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Slovenian, and related languages, it refers to a subjective experience accompanied by physiological arousal and expressive behavior, often in response to external events, thoughts, or memories.
Emocije are typically studied in psychology and neuroscience as complex states comprising subjective experience, cognitive appraisal,
An important distinction is between emocija (emotion) and osjećaj (feeling) or raspoloženje (mood) in some languages;
Neurobiologically, emotions involve brain networks including the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and insula, and neurochemical systems such
Applications span psychology, psychotherapy, education, human-computer interaction, and arts. Cultural context shapes how emocija is experienced,