The major conclusion from studies of fear conditioning is that the amygdala plays
critical role in linking external stimuli to defense responses.
3. Before describing research on the role of the amygdala in fear conditioning, though,
it will be helpful to briefly examine the historical events that preceded modern research on
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On the basis of these early observations, and their own work (Cannon
and Britton, 1925), Cannon and Bard proposed a hypothalamic theory of emotion
that consisted of three major points: (1) the hypothalamus evaluates the emotional
relevance of environmental events; (2) the expression of emotional responses is
mediated by the discharge of impulses from the hypothalamus to the brainstem;
(3) projections from the hypothalamus to the cortex mediate the conscious experience
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