Abstract [the author] presents a theory of emotion based on his research on the
neurophysiology of emotional processes in primates/the theory, in brief, is that emotions are …

It is shown that emotions can usefully be considered as states produced by reinforcing
stimuli. The ways in which a wide variety of emotions can be produced, and the functions of …

Recent achievements of neurophysiology have substantially widened our knowledge about
the central nervous structures responsible for the occurrence of positive and negative …

It is shown that emotions can usefully be considered as states produced by reinforcing
stimuli. There is evidence that the amygdala is involved in the formation of stimulus …

A not uncommon reaction to claims about the role of cognition in emo-tions is to agree with
the proverbial farmer, who, when asked for directions to the city, replied “You can't get there …

Although emotion and cognition have sometimes been viewed as two distinct components of
human psychology (Zajonc, 1980; Zajonc & KunstWilson, 1980), findings from animals and …

Biologists have studied the expression of emotions in man and other animals since at least
1806, when Charles Bell published his Anatomy and Physiology of Expression. We trace the …

This chapter addresses the neural substrates of emotion from the perspective of cognitive
neuroscience. The guiding theme of this chapter, the distinction between implicit and explicit …

Both neuroscience and cognitive science have neglected emotion until recently. By the last
quarter of the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin, William James, and Sigmund Freud had …

Emotion and feeling are no more elusive than any other complex biological phenomena and
can be studied objectively. They play a critical role in cognitive processes such as …