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The control of
emotional behavior requires that:
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Emotionally
significant stimuli be recognized so as to
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trigger specific
emotional responses, presumably
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through the
hypothalamus and other subcortical
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pathways.
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Reward
information (positive and negative) must in
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turn be
transferred from the peripheral receptors that
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sense reward to
cortical and sub-cortical structures
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that use this
information to guide emotional learning
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about stimuli, to
remember these stimuli, and to
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motivate behavior
and emotional responses.
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The limbic system
is thought to carry out these
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functions and is
comprised of a number of
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interconnected
cortical and subcortical areas.
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