title: Cognition as the tip of the emotional iceberg: A neuro-evolutionary perspective.
abstract: We emphasize the importance of a neuroevolutionary perspective in moving beyond the cognition-emotion dichotomy. Cognitive behavior depends on cortical structures firmly rooted in the emotional brain from which they have evolved. As such, there cannot be cognition without emotion. Endocrine regulation of amygdala connectivity, a neural "switch" between impulsivity and deliberation, further underscores the phylogenetic impossibility of a cognition-emotion dichotomy.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Psychology,Utrecht University,3584 CS Utrecht,The Netherlands. p.a.bos@uu.nld.terburg@uu.nl http://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/PABos http://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/Dterburg.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bos
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Child Development and Education,University of Amsterdam,1018 WS Amsterdam,The Netherlands. e.brummelman@uva.nl http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/medewerkers/content/b/r/e.brummelman/e.brummelman.html.
authors.forename: Eddie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brummelman
authors.affiliation: Experimental Psychology,Utrecht University,3584 CS Utrecht,The Netherlands. p.a.bos@uu.nld.terburg@uu.nl http://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/PABos http://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/Dterburg.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Terburg
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D046448:Ice Cover; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010802:Phylogeny