Abstract
Abstract Neurobiological research with animals strongly suggests that the brain systems which mediate emotion overlap with those that mediate cognition to such a degree that it is difficult, if not impossible, to maintain any clear distinction between them. Possible reasons for this overlap are discussed; and a model of brain systems that simultaneously subserve emotion and cognition is presented. The model postulates the existence of three fundamental systems of this kind in the mammalian brain: a behavioural approach system, a fight/flight system, and a behavioural inhibition system. The neuropsychology of each of these systems is briefly presented.
Keywords
PsychologyCognitionNeuropsychologyCognitive psychologyCognitive scienceCognitive neuropsychologyCognitive systemsMotor cognitionNeuroscienceSocial cognition
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Jeffrey A. Gray
(1990).
Brain Systems that Mediate both Emotion and Cognition.
Cognition & Emotion
, 4
(3)
, 269-288.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02699939008410799
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- 10.1080/02699939008410799