Comment: What's basic about the brain mechanisms of emotion?

Joseph E. LeDoux

doi:10.1177/1754073914534506

Comment: What's basic about the brain mechanisms of emotion?

Joseph E. LeDoux

Neural Science

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Abstract

While it is common to think that neuroscientists are proponents of basic emotions theory, this is not necessarily the case. My ideas, for example are more aligned with cognitive than basic emotions theories.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	318-320
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emotion Review
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073914534506
State	Published - Oct 27 2014

Keywords

consciousness
feelings
survival circuits
threats

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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