ABSTRACT
Virtually all the activities of central nervous system activity contribute to an individual's emotional behavior. Any changes in these activities can therefore affect how an individual expresses behavior or perceives the behavior of others. Nevertheless, the scientific study of the physiological basis of emotional behavior lags far behind the study of cognitive functions, in large part due to the difficulties in defining, recording, and evaluating this behavior. The goal of this chapter is to comment on these difficulties by summarizing the contribution of recent neuropsychological evidence to the understanding of the role of the neocortex in emotional behavior.
