Emotion 2 The classic demonstration of the role of the amygdala in emotion is KluverBucysyndrome, originally reported in monkeys whose amydalae had been removed http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/Martin_Yeomans/Teaching/biofound/emotion2.htm
Extractions: In this lecture, we summarise current ideas about the neural bases of emotion and the evidence that different brain areas may underlie different emotional states. Key learning objectives are that you will: Recommended reading: Toates, Carlson, Koob And Wishaw and all major textbooks in Psychobiology discuss these issues in varying detail and you are advised to look at several sources to get a broad view. There are also good concise review papers, such as: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 3: A more comprehensive review was published recently: Traditional neural views of emotion The view that the expression of emotion is controlled by the limbic system controls the expression of emotion was first introduced by Papez (1937). The amygdala as emotional centre The amygdala as fear centre: some recent findings Recent neuropsychological data confirm and extend the view that the amygdala has a primary role in fearful responses.
