BS 161 Joseph Ledoux
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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Birds and reptiles with elements of neocortex challenge the limbic system concept
The presence of neocortex in birds and reptiles challenges the concept of limbic system being the home of emotions and not cognition/nPrimitive neocortex is present even in the ancestors of birds and mammals, which means neocortex did not start with mammals/nThe limbic system theory has been called into question due to the existence of the neocortex in primitive animals/nThe criteria for identifying the limbic system, which was connectivity with the hypothalamus, has been watered down with modern techniques/nEmotions being a part of the limbic system is still a topic of debate and research
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