In the case of an affectively charged stimulus, such as a trigger of fear, the same How the Brain Might Make Feelings

sorts of processes will be called upon as for stimuli without emotional implica- tions, but in addition, working memory will become aware of the fact that the fear system ofthe brain has been activated (Figure 8). This additional information, when added to perceptual and mnemonic information about the object or event, could be the condition for the subjective experience of an emotional state of fear