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The anterior-posterior and left-right models of the cerebral representation of emotion produce conflicting predictions in some cases, and identical predictions in others, of the affective states which can result from brain damage. Some possible causes of confusion are discussed which focus on the possibility that there may be a range of affective disorders which follow brain damage, some of which may be better explained as indirect, natural reactions. It is also suggested that a partial cause of the confusion is the desire to group together all affective disorders into a single catastrophic reaction-anosognosia dichotomy.
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Code, C. Catastrophic reaction and anosognosia in anterior-posterior and left-right models of the cerebral control of emotion. Psychol. Res 48, 53–55 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00309279
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