A Darwinian Theory of Emotion Specifying what is Innate, and what is Learned: Emotion, Consciousness, and Dual Routes to Action
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A theory of emotion, of its functions and evolutionary adaptive value, and of its brain mechanisms analyzed at the neuronal and neuronal network level is described. Emotions can be defined as states elicited by rewarding and punishing stimuli, and brain mechanisms that evaluate and learn about which stimuli are rewarding and punishing are therefore closely involved in emotion (Rolls, 1999, 2000). The operation of the orbitofrontal cortex illustrates this (Rolls, 1996, 1999; Rolls and Treves, 1998).
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