Emotional Circuits and Computational Neuroscience

Introduction Emotion is clearly an important aspect of the mind; yet it has been largely ignored by the "brain and mind (cognitive) sciences" in modern times. However, there are signs that this is beginning to change. In this article, we survey some issues about the nature of emotion, describe what is known about the neural basis of emotion, and consider some efforts that have been made to develop computer-based models of different aspects of emotion.

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