Chapter 11: Emotion and Affective Neuroscience
This chapter was adapted by Jill Grose-Fifer from:
Lim, A. (2021). Emotion and Stress (edited by Ledmyr, H). Open neuroscience initiative. https://www.austinlim.com/open-neuroscience-initiative
Introduction to Psychology (A critical approach) Copyright © 2021 by Jill Grose-Fifer; Rose M. Spielman; Kathryn Dumper; William Jenkins; Arlene Lacombe; Marilyn Lovett; and Marion Perlmutter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,
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Hove, M. J., & Martinez, S. A. (2024). Biological psychology. ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks with an Equity Lens) Project. https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/biologicalpsychology/
They recycled materials from:
Harmon-Jones, E. & Harmon-Jones, C. (2023). Affective neuroscience. In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from http://noba.to/qnv3erb9 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED
This chapter provides a brief overview of the neuroscience of emotion. It integrates findings from human and animal research and describes the brain networks and associated neurotransmitters involved in basic affective systems.
Learning Objectives
- Define affective neuroscience.
- Describe neuroscience techniques used to study emotions in humans and animals.
- Describe basic historical theories of emotion
- Name five emotional systems and their associated neural structures and neurotransmitters.
- Give examples of exogenous chemicals (e.g., drugs) that influence affective systems and discuss their effects.
- Discuss multiple affective functions of the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens.
- Name several specific human emotions and discuss their relationship to the affective systems of nonhuman animals.
