Chapter 10 Outline

  • Introduction
  • Introductory Box The Neuroscience and Neuroethics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • What Is Emotion?
  • Psychological Classification of Emotions
    • Categorical theories
    • Dimensional theories
    • Component process theories
  • Early Neurobiological Theories of Emotion
    • The James-Lange feedback theory
    • The Cannon-Bard diencephalic theory
    • The Papez circuit and Klüver-Bucy syndrome
    • The limbic system theory and its challenges
  • Box 10A Psychophysiology and the Brain-Body Link
  • Contemporary Approaches to Studying the Neurobiology of Emotion
    • Hemispheric-asymmetry hypotheses
    • Vertical integration models: Fear acquisition
    • Vertical integration models: Fear modification
    • Interoception and the somatic marker hypothesis
    • In search of categories of emotional experience
  • Interactions with Other Cognitive Functions
    • Emotional influences on perception and attention
    • Emotional influences on memory consolidation
  • Box 10B Stress and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
  • Regulation of Emotion
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