Open Peer Review on Qeios ## Emotion National Cancer Institute ## Source National Cancer Institute. Emotion. NCI Thesaurus. Code C54266. Emotion is a component of consciousness related to affect or feeling. It refers to a strong feeling, an aroused mental state, or an intense state of drive or unrest directed towards a specific object. It includes physiological, somatic, and behavioral components.Open Peer Review on Qeios ## Emotion National Cancer Institute ## Source National Cancer Institute. Emotion. NCI Thesaurus. Code C54266. Emotion is a component of consciousness related to affect or feeling. It refers to a strong feeling, an aroused mental state, or an intense state of drive or unrest directed towards a specific object. It includes physiological, somatic, and behavioral components.