Peper M, Markowitsch H J
University of Freiburg, Department of Psychology, Niemensstr. 10, D-79085 Freiburg, F.R.G.
J Hist Neurosci. 2001 Mar;10(1):58-66. doi: 10.1076/jhin.10.1.58.5628.
Views on the representation of emotion in the brain, as formulated about a century ago, are described, with a focus on the Vienna physiologist and psychologist Sigmund Exner, the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, and the French physician Israel Waynbaum. All three can be characterized as forerunners in the field of "affective neuroscience". By the turn of the century, they had developed a neural network theory of emotion which included a stage of pre-cortical processing. In spite of their otherwise very diverse theoretical backgrounds, their concepts of parallel processing routes were highly similar. It is interesting to note that their ideas were on line with present-day views on the neural substrates and physiological characteristics of emotional processing, although none of the three scientists could rely on the refined anatomical knowledge available nowadays.
本文描述了大约一个世纪前形成的关于大脑中情绪表征的观点，重点介绍了维也纳生理学家兼心理学家西格蒙德·埃克斯纳、精神分析学家西格蒙德·弗洛伊德以及法国医生伊斯雷尔·韦恩鲍姆。这三位都可被视为“情感神经科学”领域的先驱。到世纪之交时，他们已经发展出一种情绪神经网络理论，其中包括一个皮质前加工阶段。尽管他们在其他方面有着非常不同的理论背景，但他们关于并行加工路径的概念却高度相似。值得注意的是，他们的观点与当今关于情绪加工的神经基础和生理特征的观点一致，尽管这三位科学家都无法依赖如今可用的精确解剖学知识。
