Affective Neuronal Selection:The Nature of the Primordial Emotion Systems

Based on studies in affective neuroscience and evolutionary psychiatry, a tentative new proposal is made here as to the nature and identification of primordial emotional systems. Our model stresses phylogenetic origins of emotional systems, which we believe is necessary for a full understanding of t...

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Main Authors: George F R Ellis, Judith A Toronchuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00589/full