The contribution of the amygdala to aversive and appetitive pavlovian processes

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-253

  Moscarello, Justin M ^a   Ledoux, Joseph E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amygdala; appetitive; aversive; motivation; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879426213     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073913477508     Document Type: Article

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