RT Book, Section
A1 Kandel, Eric R.
A1 Koester, John D.
A1 Mack, Sarah H.
A1 Siegelbaum, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180644657
T1 Emotion
T2 Principles of Neural Science, 6e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259642234
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180644657
RD 2024/04/20
AB ELATION,  COMPASSION,  SADNESS,  FEAR,  and  anger  are  commonly  considered  examples  of  emotions.  These  states  have  an  enormous  impact  on  our  behavior  and  well-being.  But  what  exactly  is  an  emotion?  Distinguishing  different  emotion  states  is  difficult  and  requires  an  account  of  the  environmentally  or  internally  generated  challenge  an  organism  faces  as  well  as  its  physiological  responses.  For  example,  before  we  can  conclude  that  a  rat  is  in  a  state  of  fear,  we  need  to  know  that  the  rat  is  evaluating  a  specific  threatening  stimulus  (a  predator  in  its  environment)  and  is  mounting  an  adaptive  response,  such  as  high  arousal  and  freezing.