Emotions can be inferred based on past experience (IMAGE)
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Cartoon showing an example of how inferred emotions are learned. A child often watches wasps fly in and out of their nest in the woods near her house. One day she is stung by one of the wasps for the first time. Afterward, seeing the wasp nest alone makes her feel anxious. In this study neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of the brain, and their connection to the amygdala, were found to be essential for this type of learning to occur.
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