Structure and Functional Organization of the Limbic System

The limbic system includes extensive structures of the brain that are of primary importance, on the one hand, in the implementation of motivational-emotional reactions of animals, and on the other hand, in the organization of learning and memory processes. Scientific views on the structural and functional organization of the limbic system were formed under the influence of classical works, which revealed some aspects of the role of the forebrain in the regulation of behavior. However, experimental studies and theoretical works were still of decisive importance, becoming a turning point in the study of neurophysiological correlates of motivational-emotional reactions.