Neocortex and emotion

Extensive interconnections between different parts of association neocortex allow cognition to influence emotional states for instance although feeling very anxious we do sit the examination because we recognize that in the long term doing so will bring  benefits and  vice versa one more example, we know  that the  chance of our  child  being harmed on walking  to school is negligible but  we feel sufficiently anxious to drive  her  anyway. The lesions of the orbital prefrontal cortex reduce emotional responses aggression in primates although in humans lesions of the anterior cingulate cortex reduce the emotional distress of chronic intractable pain.