Ecstasy and Agony: Activation of the Human Amygdala in Positive and Negative Emotion
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Science
- Vol. 13 (2), 135-141
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00425
Abstract
Considerable evidence indicates that the amygdala plays a critical role in negative, aversive human emotions. Although researchers have speculated that the amygdala plays a role in positive emotion...Keywords
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