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The Short and Long Pathways of Emotion – LeDoux’s Theory is a neuroscientific model proposed by American neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux in 1996 and 2002 to explain how the brain processes emotional responses. According to the theory, emotional stimuli are processed in the brain via two distinct pathways: a fast direct and unconscious short path (low road) and a slower more detailed and conscious evaluation-based long path (high road). This model is significant because it demonstrates how the brain