Perception, cognition and action: the mediating role of affective states.
When facing and evaluating the present state of the world, the brain generates predictions and expectancies together with some specific emotional state which imposes on any given situation - or rather on the individual relationship to that situation - its essential meaning that basically orients the choice of an appropriate behavioural strategy. This general notion is exemplified by concrete data concerning brain mechanisms which underlie aggressive behaviour.
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Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, Centre de Neurochimie du CNRS, Strasbourg, France.
D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*