Chapter 11, Problem 2AWK

Summary Introduction

To review:

A person’s behavior and emotional expression if the neural connections between the limbic system and the cerebral cortex were severed.

Introduction:

The limbic system is a part of the forebrain that controls emotional behavior and motivational drives such as anger, sorrow, happiness, love, fear, hunger, sexual desire, and thirst. The intensity of these emotions and our actions of them are decided by the cerebrum. Cerebral cortex, which is the outer layer of the cerebrum, is also a part of the forebrain.