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.
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
- More information on the limbic system concept (from the webnotes for How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain)
- Criticisms of the limbic system concept (from the webnotes for How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Barbas, Helen. 2015. “General Cortical and Special Prefrontal Connections: Principles from Structure to Function.” Annual Review of Neuroscience 38: 269–289.