The popular view is that thoughts are from the head, and emotions from the heart. But our experience tells us that when strong emotions well up in us, other facets of our capacities too are affected. For example, when a powerful mood takes us over, our cognitive capacities like attention, memory, and logical thinking are affected. Attention is our capacity to focus on a particular thought or activity. When we are afraid, for example, our attention shifts to the thing that frightens us. Anger makes us dwell on the thing that annoys us. Similarly love makes it hard for us to think of anything except the beloved. For example, a young man passionately in love with a girl finds it very difficult to concentrate on his studies even though success in the examination is a determining factor for his future. So emotions are often blamed for distracting us. Similarly, emotions and moods have a powerful influence on memory and decision-making (Evans, 2001). For example, the opinions we form of other people are often affected by the mood we happen to be in when we meet them.