Please answer the following question: Extract the answer to the question from the following context. Question: What groups of functions are controlled by the area of the organ in our head that is crucial to sentimental experiences? Context: Emotions are thought to be related to certain activities in brain areas that direct our attention, motivate our behavior, and determine the significance of what is going on around us. Pioneering work by Broca (1878), Papez (1937), and MacLean (1952) suggested that emotion is related to a group of structures in the center of the brain called the limbic system, which includes the hypothalamus, cingulate cortex, hippocampi, and other structures. More recent research has shown that some of these limbic structures are not as directly related to emotion as others are while some non-limbic structures have been found to be of greater emotional relevance.
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certain activities in brain areas that direct our attention, motivate our behavior, and determine the significance of what is going on around us