Hot system (Emotional)

A hot, emotional "go" system is the basis of emotionality, fears as well as passions—impulsive and reflexive—initially controlled by innate releasing stimuli.

The hot emotional system is specialised for quick emotional processing and responding on the basis of unconditional or conditional trigger features.

The hot system is largely under "stimulus control," characterised by rapid automatic triggering, conditioned responding, inflexibility, stereotyping, and affective primacy.