Motivational Salience: Amygdala Tuning From Traits, Needs, Values, and Goals

Based on a basic emotions perspective, a dominant view in psychology is that the primary function of the amygdala is to govern the emotion of fear. In this view, the amygdala is necessary for a person to feel afraid, and when amygdala activity is detected, one can infer that a person is feeling afra...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society 2012-02, Vol.21 (1), p.54-59
Hauptverfasser:	Cunningham, William A., Brosch, Tobias
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Affectivity. Emotion Amygdala Anatomical correlates of behavior Behavioral neuroscience Behavioral psychophysiology Biological and medical sciences Brain Connected regions Emotion Emotion theories Emotions Fear Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Information processing Magnetic resonance imaging Mental stimulation Motivation Personality. Affectivity Psychological aspects Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology
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