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Assessing The Impact Of Emotion In Dual Pathway Models Of Sensory Processing., James H. Kryklywy
Assessing The Impact Of Emotion In Dual Pathway Models Of Sensory Processing., James H. Kryklywy
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In our daily environment, we are constantly encountering an endless stream of information which we must be able to sort and prioritize. Some of the features that influence this are the emotional nature of stimuli and the emotional context of events. Emotional information is often given preferential access to neurocognitive resources, including within sensory processing systems. Interestingly, both auditory and visual systems are divided into dual processing streams; a ventral object identity/perception stream and a dorsal object location/action stream. While effects of emotion on the ventral streams are relatively well defined, its effect on dorsal stream processes remains unclear.
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