Abstract
The target articles by Dixon (2012), Scarantino (2012), and Mulligan and Scherer (2012) explore the nature of emotion from philosophical and psychological perspectives. I discuss how neuroscience can also contribute to debates about the nature of emotion. I focus on the aspects of emotion that usually fall within the topic of basic emotions, but conclude that we may need to revise how we conceive and study these kinds of emotional states in relation to the brain.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 375-379 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Emotion Review |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- amygdala
- brain
- emotion
- explicit memory
- fear
- hippocampus
- implicit memory
- memory
- mind
- psychiatry
- unconscious
- working memory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)