Emotions arise from activations of specialized neuronal populations in several parts of the
cerebral cortex, notably the anterior cingulate, insula, ventromedial prefrontal, and …

This past year has seen significant advances in our understanding of the physiology of
emotion. Attention continues to focus on the amygdala and its interconnections with …

This book, a member of the Series in Affective Science, is a unique interdisciplinary
sequence of articles on the cognitive neuroscience of emotion by some of the most well …

The amygdala complex has long been known as part of the neural circuitry critical for
emotion. Beyond its role in emotional reactivity, studies of animal models and patients with …

Research on the neural systems underlying emotion in animal models over the past two
decades has implicated the amygdala in fear and other emotional processes. This work …

Traditional approaches to the study of cognition emphasize an information-processing view
that has generally excluded emotion. In contrast, the recent emergence of cognitive …

The Handbook of Affective Sciences is a comprehensive road map to the burgeoning area of
affective sciences, which now spans several disciplines. Helping to delineate this emerging …

The amygdala appears to play an essential role in many aspects of emotional information
processing and behavior. Studies over the past year have begun to clarify the anatomical …

Recognition of emotion draws on a distributed set of structures that include the
occipitotemporal neocortex, amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex and right frontoparietal cortices …

Emotions are at the heart of how we understand the human mind and of our relationships
within the social world. Yet, there is still no scientific consensus on the fundamental nature of …