Mapping the brain basis of appraisals and discrete emotions
The Component Process Model of Emotion conceptualizes any emotional episode (e.g., the discrete emotions of sadness, anger, fear, or interest) as being driven by the multiple appraisal components. However, both the specificity of the neural mechanisms underlying appraisal processes and the way these appraisal networks relate to the neural circuits underlying discrete emotions remain unclear. Here…
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