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Affect development as a need to preserve homeostasis.
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Journal of integrative neuroscience [J Integr Neurosci] 2016 Mar; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 123-43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jan 14. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- In this review, we aim to present our hypothesis about the neural development of affect. According to this view, affect develops at a multi-layered process, and as a mediator between drives, emotion and cognition. This development is parallel to the evolution of the brain from reptiles to mammals. There are five steps in this process: (1) Because of the various environmental challenges, changes in the autonomic nervous system occur and homeostasis becomes destabilized; (2) Drives arise from the destabilized homeostasis; (3) Drives trigger the neural basis of the basic emotional systems; (4) These basic emotions evolve into affect to find the particular object to invest the emotional energy; and (5) In the final stage, cognition is added to increase the possibility of identifying a particular object. In this paper, we will summarize the rationale behind this view, which is based on neuroscientific proofs, such as evolution of autonomic nervous system, neural basis the raw affective states, the interaction between affect and cognition, related brain areas, related neurotransmitters, as well as some clinical examples.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Humans
Brain physiology
Emotions physiology
Homeostasis physiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0219-6352
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of integrative neuroscience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26762485
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219635216300018