Neuroscience: Emotions in meetings
Any situation where people interact is an opportunity for the limbic system to get its needs met. Meetings are no exception. At some meetings everyone will get their needs met and sometimes it just does not work that way.
When some people's needs are not met, it can all go wrong quickly.
One person's need for certainty may create threats to others' need for autonomy.
The status hungry one gets a dopamine kick when she demonstrates her extensive knowledge of details, while others experience a threat reaction.
The certainty seeker feels satisfied with details while others feel it is unfair that they have to waste time in the minutiae.
When someone's expectations are not met, their disappointment may infect others in the meeting.
Observing one person give strong feedback to another can feel unfair and create a desire for revenge.
A need for belonging could result in too many people being invited to a meeting.