Limbic-Brainstem Roles in Perception, Cognition, Emotion and Behavior

• Main Author: Robert Rafal (auth)
• Other Authors: Marco Tamietto (auth), Hisao Nishijo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Subcortical visual pathway; Saccades; Amygdala; Pulvinar; Superior colliculus; Limbic system; Cognition; Emotion; Faces; Reward and aversion
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The brainstem-limbic regions, including the superior colliculus, pulvinar and amygdala, receive direct perceptual information as a rapid, coarse, subcortical sensory system bypassing early sensory cortical systems, and play a central role in innate behaviors, including motivated and avoidance behavi...