Discuss the contributions of the following brain areas to emotion: hypothalamus, insular cortex, basal ganglia, anterior cingulate gyrus.
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Two of the most reliable brain-emotion associations have been the amygdala's role in fear and the location of disgust in the insular cortex and the basal ganglia. The anterior cingulate cortex, a part of the cingulate gyrus that is important in attention, cognitive processing, emotion, and possibly consciousness. Stress also activates the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, a group of structures that help the body cope with stress. The hypothalamus activates the pituitary gland, which in turn releases hormones that stimulate the adrenal glands to release the stress hormones epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol.
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