There is no such thing as a limbic system dedicated to emotions

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A note for Lesson no. 1, "You Have One Brain (Not Three)," in Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett.
Some context from page 24 is:

There is no such thing as a limbic system dedicated to emotions.

The appendix adds:

Even though the limbic system is a myth, your brain does contain something called limbic circuitry.

The references associated with this appendix entry are:

See also


References

  1. Kleckner, Ian R., Jiahe Zhang, Alexandra Touroutoglou, Lorena Chanes, Chengie Xia, W. Kyle Simmons, Karen S. Quigley, Brad C. Dickerson, and Lisa Feldman Barrett. 2017. "Evidence For a Large-Scale Brain System Supporting Allostasis and Interoception in Humans." Nature Human Behavior 1 (5): 1–14.
  2. Barbas, Helen. 2015. “General Cortical and Special Prefrontal Connections: Principles from Structure to Function.” Annual Review of Neuroscience 38: 269–289.