What are emotional states, and why do we have them?

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-247

  Rolls, Edmund T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amygdala; approach; avoidance; classical conditioning; instrumental reinforcer; orbitofrontal cortex; punisher; reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874539423     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073913477514     Document Type: Article

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