**1. Introduction**

Conventionally, emotion and cognition are understood to be independent system. Researches in the areas of cognition, emotion and neurobiological sciences have shown that the relationship between cognition and emotion is both interdependent and extensive. This close link between emotion and cognition leads to a number of insights that have the potential to inform and transform educational practices at all levels from the classroom to the curriculum to educational policy [1]. The application of emotive cognition strategies in teaching develop strong inter-relationship

between teachers and learners. It triggers cognitive functions on learning and creates conducive meaningful learning behavior among learners. Emotions play an important role in every cognitive function. The cognitive processes are sensitized, focused, energized, focused, broadened and sharpened by the emotions. Application of emotive cognition strategies in the classroom teaching and learning facilitate meaningful learning among learners. However, deeper understanding is needed in teacher education programme that how student-teachers' emotive cognition behavior enhance their meaningful learning.

A critical consideration of quality teacher education programme for 21st century requires vigorous practice of emotive cognition strategies application in teaching develops meaningful learning among student-teachers, and it also builds cognitive competencies such as perception and attention, memory and learning, knowledge, decision making, problem solving ability, inter-personal skills and intra-personal skills among the future teachers. So undergraduate teacher education programme required proper implementation of emotive cognition strategies on enhance meaningful learning behavior among student-teachers.

### **1.1 The regulation of emotions in learning**

Emotions show a systematic function in learning and it directly influences the process of learning. For instance, emotions like joy, enthusiasm, and passion gives energy to learners to learn a new or difficult concept in a perfect manner; at the same time emotions like fear, stress, aggression and anxiety create discomfort to the learners. It also disturbs them mentally as well as physically.

In the center of the human brain, the limbic system is present. It consists of the amygdala and hippocampus, historically called the "emotional brain". Amygdala plays an important role in survival situations and those situations it alerts the body. It stores the primitive emotions of sadness, fear, aggression and joy. It is also associated with emotional memories storage. The hippocampus stores short-term memory as well as the long-term memory. The cognitive function of amygdala is due to the activation of emotional regulation. Hippocampus performs information storage and retrieval functions.

Some two thousand years back Plato pronounced "all learning has an emotional base", whereas, present facts whole together emphasize that each one's emotions do re-sculptour neural tissue, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) [2]. Both neurobiologists and educational experts identify learning as an amalgamation of psychological, and emotional cognitive process. All of these three elements are interdependent and inter laced in each of the experience concerning learning. It impacts the functioning of the brain function at the time of learning.

In the learning process, emotions are deemed to a strong as well as an integral part, in day-to-day life. A successful learning takes place when a learner handles his emotions during the learning process. Emotional regulation has an undeviating impact on the process of cognition like the capacity to focus attention, problem solving approach and recovery of memory [3]. Appropriate emotional regulation maintains the functions of cognition to accomplish the goals of the learning process.

The anxiety or stressful emotions make a huge impact both on memory as well as learning process. Studies conducted on brain implied that negative emotions form a sort of hurdle to learning. The parts of the brain such as amygdala, the hippocampus and stress hormones of glucocorticoids, epinephrine and norepinephrine play a vital

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role in moderating the impact of negative emotions namely, fear and stress both on learning and memory [4]. Simultaneous bodily events such as increased heart rate, perspiration, and elevated adrenaline levels also occur [5, 6], and in turn influence cortical activity. Some level of stress is essential for optimal adaptation to face environmental challenges and lead better cognition and learning, but beyond this modicum it can be damaging, both physically and mentally. When students face negative situations in their teaching-learning process it triggers either fear or stress there by affecting their cognitive functions during their learning.
