...Leo S. Demski Three interrelated pallial areas mediate behaviors reflective of the cognitive and emotional aspects of the teleost mind. The dorsocentral area (Dc) has specific associations with both of the other pallial areas and projects to major lower sensorimotor centers. While Dc generally...

... of Vocalizations and Emotions N ihal C. de L anerolle Behavioural Physiology Group, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. Key Words. Vocalizations Amphetamine Monoamines Birds Midbrain lesions Emotion Neurochemistry and behaviour Abstract. The effects of amphetamine (AMP...

... fear responses (emotionality). Despite this variety of usage, it is striking that in almost all uses of the term emotion , the same ambiguity arises: on the one hand a variety of states, motives or patterns of response are distinguished, whilst on the other, all are seen as being in some sense similar...

... tional value of a stimulus to the observer; stimuli with high negative or high positive emotional value elicit larger P3 components than stimuli, that are rated as emotionally neu­ tral. The importance of such a mechanism may be that it ensures that context updating is regulated in an adaptive manner...

...Mauricio R. Papini The surprising or unexpected omission of an appetitive reinforcer has at least two effects: An allocentric effect according to which the organism updates knowledge about the environment, and an egocentric effect that allows the organism to learn about its own emotional reaction...

... a regulatory influence on a wide variety of physiological functions, most notably on emotionally-laden social behavior [Aggleton, 1992]. The amygdala’s intricate networks of sensory inputs, motor outputs and interneurons mediate these vital functions. Afferent inputs to the amygdala include monosynaptic...