The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional LifeWhat happens in our brains to make us feel fear, love, hate, anger, joy? Do we control our emotions, or do they control us? Do animals have emotions? How can traumatic experiences in early childhood influence adult behavior, even though we have no conscious memory of them? In The Emotional Brain, Joseph LeDoux investigates the origins of human emotions and explains that many exist as part of complex neural systems that evolved to enable us to survive. One of the principal researchers profiled in Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, LeDoux is a leading authority in the field of neural science. In this provocative book, he explores the brain mechanisms underlying our emotions -- mechanisms that are only now being revealed. |
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... activity of this system, which does its job unconsciously—literally, before we actually know we are in danger. The system that detects danger is the fundamental mechanism of fear, and the behavioral, physiological, and conscious ...
... activity of this system, which does its job unconsciously—literally, before we actually know we are in danger. The system that detects danger is the fundamental mechanism of fear, and the behavioral, physiological, and conscious ...
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... activity occurring in unconscious processing systems. What differs between the state of being afraid and the state of perceiving red is not the system that represents the conscious content (fear or redness) but the systems that provide ...
... activity occurring in unconscious processing systems. What differs between the state of being afraid and the state of perceiving red is not the system that represents the conscious content (fear or redness) but the systems that provide ...
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... is a web of neural cells and fibers located in the body that controls the activity of the internal organs and glands, the so-called internal milieu, in response to commands from the brain. The characteristic Bloody Sweaty and Tears 45.
... is a web of neural cells and fibers located in the body that controls the activity of the internal organs and glands, the so-called internal milieu, in response to commands from the brain. The characteristic Bloody Sweaty and Tears 45.
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... activity to contribute to an emotional experience, the activity has to be represented cognitively. He argued that it is the cognitive representation of the physiological arousal, not the arousal itself, that interacts with thoughts ...
... activity to contribute to an emotional experience, the activity has to be represented cognitively. He argued that it is the cognitive representation of the physiological arousal, not the arousal itself, that interacts with thoughts ...
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Contents
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THE HOLY GRAIL | 73 |
THE WAY WE WERE | 104 |
A FEW DEGREES OF SEPARATION | 138 |
REMEMBRANCE OF EMOTIONS PAST | 179 |
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE | 225 |
ONCE MORE WITH FEELINGS | 267 |
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The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life Joseph Ledoux Limited preview - 1998 |
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