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A Physiological Model of Emotion Formation: A Critique of Damasio's Theory
2025-06-17
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<p>The nature of emotional experiences and the mechanisms underlying their formation remain central questions in contemporary neuroscience. Antonio Damasio’s theory, as outlined in Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain [1], posits that consciousness derives from “body maps” generated by brainstem structures. This article critically evaluates key tenets of Damasio’s framework and proposes an alternat...
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- 10.31234/osf.io/57pyd_v1