title: Need for more evolutionary and developmental perspective on basic emotional mechanisms.
abstract: Lindquist et al.'s meta-analysis focuses on adult humans; the authors' emotion model might be strengthened by considering research on infants and animals, highlighting the importance of the limbic system. Reliance on the James-Lange theory is questionable; emotions typically occur instantaneously, with dubious dependence on bodily feedback for affect. Stronger evidence for localization might be obtained using more precise emotion terms and alterative localization methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. weisfeld@sun.science.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weisfeld
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: LaFreniere
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D059906:Neuroimaging; D011859:Radiography