Authors:

CALDER, A.J., LAWRENCE, A.D., & Young A.W.

Reference:

Year of publication:

2001

CBU number:

5000

Abstract:

For over 60 years, thinking about emotion in neuroscience and psychology has been dominated by a debate concerning whether emotion can be encompassed within a single unifying model. In neuroscience this approach is epitomised by the limbic system theory, and in psychology by dimensional models of emotion. Comparative research has gradually eroded the limbic model, with some scientists proposing that certain individual emotions are represented separately in the brain. Human evidence consistent with this approach has recently been demonstrated by studies showing that signals of fear and disgust may be processed by distinct neural substrates. We review this human research and its implications for theories of emotion.