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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... mammals share . I will explore how our knowledge of the animal brain can help clarify the affective nature of the ... mammalian brain . This borderland of knowledge between the many disci- plines that study the animal brain and the human ...
... mammals share . I will explore how our knowledge of the animal brain can help clarify the affective nature of the ... mammalian brain . This borderland of knowledge between the many disci- plines that study the animal brain and the human ...
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... mammals . Also , the work will cover issues that should be essential for related disciplines such as neurophilosophy and biological psychiatry . In sum , I have tried to write a book for those interested in psychology who wish to know ...
... mammals . Also , the work will cover issues that should be essential for related disciplines such as neurophilosophy and biological psychiatry . In sum , I have tried to write a book for those interested in psychology who wish to know ...
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... mammals . Although detailed differences in these systems exist across species , they are not sufficiently large to hinder our ability to discern gen- eral patterns . In short , many of the ancient , evolutionarily derived brain systems ...
... mammals . Although detailed differences in these systems exist across species , they are not sufficiently large to hinder our ability to discern gen- eral patterns . In short , many of the ancient , evolutionarily derived brain systems ...
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... mammals - are " active agents " in their environments and that they have at least rudimentary rep- resentations of subjectivity and a sense of self . With such assumptions , we can create a more realistic and richer science by ...
... mammals - are " active agents " in their environments and that they have at least rudimentary rep- resentations of subjectivity and a sense of self . With such assumptions , we can create a more realistic and richer science by ...
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... mammalian species , has the potential to ren- der such neuromental processes as emotional feelings measurable ... mammals share many basic affective processes , since many homologous neural systems mediate similar emo- tional ...
... mammalian species , has the potential to ren- der such neuromental processes as emotional feelings measurable ... mammals share many basic affective processes , since many homologous neural systems mediate similar emo- tional ...
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 |