Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal EmotionsSome investigators have argued that emotions, especially animal emotions, are illusory concepts outside the realm of scientific inquiry. However, with advances in neurobiology and neuroscience, researchers are demonstrating that this position is wrong as they move closer to a lasting understanding of the biology and psychology of emotion. In Affective Neuroscience, Jaak Panksepp provides the most up-to-date information about the brain-operating systems that organize the fundamental emotional tendencies of all mammals. Presenting complex material in a readable manner, the book offers a comprehensive summary of the fundamental neural sources of human and animal feelings, as well as a conceptual framework for studying emotional systems of the brain. Panksepp approaches emotions from the perspective of basic emotion theory but does not fail to address the complex issues raised by constructionist approaches. These issues include relations to human consciousness and the psychiatric implications of this knowledge. The book includes chapters on sleep and arousal, pleasure and fear systems, the sources of rage and anger, and the neural control of sexuality, as well as the more subtle emotions related to maternal care, social loss, and playfulness. Representing a synthetic integration of vast amounts of neurobehavioral knowledge, including relevant neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry, this book will be one of the most important contributions to understanding the biology of emotions since Darwins The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals |
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... arousal do many things in the brain , one of the most important and most neglected topics in neuroscience is the attempt to understand how emotional feelings are generated . An attempt to grapple with this issue is one of the main goals ...
... arousal do many things in the brain , one of the most important and most neglected topics in neuroscience is the attempt to understand how emotional feelings are generated . An attempt to grapple with this issue is one of the main goals ...
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... arousal of the uncondi- tioned fear processes in the brain , which in this specific case may consist of arousal of the specific FEAR systems such as those described in Chapter 11 ( see Figure 11.1 ) . spatial maps of the hippocampus ...
... arousal of the uncondi- tioned fear processes in the brain , which in this specific case may consist of arousal of the specific FEAR systems such as those described in Chapter 11 ( see Figure 11.1 ) . spatial maps of the hippocampus ...
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... arousal of these brain systems presumably helps generate characteristic moods and coaxes animals to perform their everyday activities in characteristic ways . Even when there is no clear environmental reason for emotional arousal ...
... arousal of these brain systems presumably helps generate characteristic moods and coaxes animals to perform their everyday activities in characteristic ways . Even when there is no clear environmental reason for emotional arousal ...
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... arousal of various subcortical emotive circuits . This suggests that the mechanisms of affective experience and emotional behavior are intimately inter- twined in comparatively ancient areas of the mammalian brain , but we are just ...
... arousal of various subcortical emotive circuits . This suggests that the mechanisms of affective experience and emotional behavior are intimately inter- twined in comparatively ancient areas of the mammalian brain , but we are just ...
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... arousal of feeling states helps channel activities of the cog- nitive apparatus and thereby facilitates behavioral choices . Thus , it is easy to understand why basic emo- tional systems evolved to control much of the cogni- tive ...
... arousal of feeling states helps channel activities of the cog- nitive apparatus and thereby facilitates behavioral choices . Thus , it is easy to understand why basic emo- tional systems evolved to control much of the cogni- tive ...
Contents
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BASIC EMOTIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL PROCESSES | 121 |
THE SOCIAL EMOTIONS | 223 |
Bones Brains and Human Origins | 325 |
The Brain Language and Affective Neuroscience | 331 |
Dualism in the Neurosciences | 336 |
Notes | 343 |
Author Index | 431 |
Subject Index | 449 |
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Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions Jaak Panksepp Limited preview - 2004 |
Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions Jaak Panksepp Limited preview - 2004 |
Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions Jaak Panksepp Limited preview - 2004 |
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References to this book
Cognition and Emotion: From Order to Disorder Michael J. Power,Tim Dalgleish No preview available - 2008 |