 What is an emotion?  an old riddle  repeatedly being attempted with advance modern tools and understanding of the age. With the new advancement old theories are tested and with correction new is formed. Such is the case with defining emotion broadly shifting from classical definite marker theory to statistically context situated conceptual theory.  In this article  we present a  cognition-affect integrated model of emotion including many cortical and subcortical regions. With the help of functional networks, neural decoding, and deep learning based MVPA analysis of individual cognitive component, we arrived at the conclusion that mere affect is unable to provide varieties of emotions unless coupled with cortical cognitive meaning making mechanisms. The model along with  analytical and anatomical support is presented. Article concludes with the future questions coming out of the proposed model .
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