Open AccessAnimal models and the embodiment of emotions
Author(s) -
Giovanni Berlucchi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
neuropsychological trends
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1970-321X
pISSN - 1970-3201
DOI - 10.7358/neur-2012-011-berl
Subject(s) - parallels , embodied cognition , psychology , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , cats , cognitive science , social psychology , epistemology , medicine , philosophy , mechanical engineering , engineering
This review draws some parallels between the results of experiments, none very recent, of rewarding and aversive brain stimulation in brain stem sectioned cats and the blunting of negative emotions which occurs in the human locked-in syndrome. Within the framework of theories of embodied emotions, it is suggested that a participation of bodily inputs to cerebral mechanisms of emotion is required for negative but not positive emotions.