Role of the autonomic nervous system in emotional experience and social communication of distress

Influential theories of emotion propose that afferent bodily information is central to the experience of emotional feeling states. Neuroanatomical studies suggest a phylogenetically unique afferent neural system in primates that conveys information regarding motivationally salient aspects of the phy...

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Main Author: Harrison, Neil Andrew
Published: University College London (University of London) 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505281