As outlined in the previous post, Ralph Adolphs and I have written a critique of the idea that a subcortical pathway conveys affective information to the amygdala in a rapid, automatic fashion. Our argument can be summarized as follows (details are provided in the paper): Affective information is not processed faster than other types of [...]
Filed under: Amygdala, subcortical pathway | Leave a Comment »
The processing of affective information has many attributes that make it special, such as speed, and relative independence from attention and awareness. A key question, therefore, both from basic and applied perspectives is how this happens. An extraordinarily popular account is that a so-called low road from the retina via the superior colliculus and pulvinar [...]
Filed under: Amygdala, attention, subcortical pathway | Tagged: amygdala, attention, pulvinar, subcortical pathway, vision | 1 Comment »
