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The role of the amygdala in the appraising brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2012

David Sander
David Sander
Affiliation:
Laboratory for the Study of Emotion Elicitation and Expression, Department of Psychology, FPSE and Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland. david.sander@unige.chhttp://www.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLabhttp://www.affective-sciences.org/
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Abstract

Lindquist et al. convincingly argue that the brain implements psychological operations that are constitutive of emotion rather than modules subserving discrete emotions. However, the nature of such psychological operations is open to debate. I argue that considering appraisal theories may provide alternative interpretations of the neuroimaging data with respect to the psychological operations involved.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , pp. 161
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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