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Diverse emotions like sadness, happiness, fear, and anger are all based on common building blocks of valence (i.e., pleasure/displeasure) and arousal, according to new research published in Psychological Science. Previous research has focused on each emotion resulting from specialized and distinct brain circuitry. Psychological scientist Christine Wilson-Mendenhall of Northeastern University and colleagues wanted to investigate the brain regions in common among all the emotions.