Emotion: Clues from the Brain

Joseph E. LeDoux (Sun,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d77799b843b2be9948fe51 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ps.46.020195.001233

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