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. 2012 Jun;35(3):145.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001464.

Understanding emotion: lessons from anxiety

Katherine S Button  1 , Glyn Lewis, Marcus R Munafò
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Understanding emotion: lessons from anxiety

Katherine S Button et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

We agree that conceptualisation is key in understanding the brain basis of emotion. We argue that by conflating facial emotion recognition with subjective emotion experience, Lindquist et al. understate the importance of biological predisposition in emotion. We use examples from the anxiety disorders to illustrate the distinction between these two phenomena, emphasising the importance of both emotional hardware and contextual learning.

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  • The brain basis of emotion: a meta-analytic review.
    Lindquist KA, Wager TD, Kober H, Bliss-Moreau E, Barrett LF. Lindquist KA, et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Jun;35(3):121-43. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11000446. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22617651 Free PMC article. Review.

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