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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... . A FEW DEGREES OF SEPARATION 138 7. REMEMBRANCE OF EMOTIONS PAST 179 8. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE 225 9. ONCE MORE, WITH FEELINGS 267 NOTES 304 BIBLIOGRAPHY 335 INDEX 373 PREFACE I FIRST STARTED WORKING on the brain mechanisms of.
... . A FEW DEGREES OF SEPARATION 138 7. REMEMBRANCE OF EMOTIONS PAST 179 8. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE 225 9. ONCE MORE, WITH FEELINGS 267 NOTES 304 BIBLIOGRAPHY 335 INDEX 373 PREFACE I FIRST STARTED WORKING on the brain mechanisms of.
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... mechanisms of emotion in the late 1970s. At that time very few brain scientists were interested in emotions. In the intervening years, and especially recently, the topic has begun to be fairly heavily investigated, and a good deal of ...
... mechanisms of emotion in the late 1970s. At that time very few brain scientists were interested in emotions. In the intervening years, and especially recently, the topic has begun to be fairly heavily investigated, and a good deal of ...
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... mechanisms of emotion. The Neuroscience Research Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health has generously funded my work. The research that this book is based on could not have been done without this support. New York University ...
... mechanisms of emotion. The Neuroscience Research Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health has generously funded my work. The research that this book is based on could not have been done without this support. New York University ...
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... mechanisms. Psychological research has been extremely valuable, but an approach where emotions are studied as brain functions is far more powerful. Science works by experimentation, which, by definition, involves the manipulation of ...
... mechanisms. Psychological research has been extremely valuable, but an approach where emotions are studied as brain functions is far more powerful. Science works by experimentation, which, by definition, involves the manipulation of ...
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... This book will tell you what IVe learned from my researching and thinking about brain mechanisms of emotions. It gives a scientific account of what emotions are, how they operate in the brain, What's Love Got to Do with It? 15.
... This book will tell you what IVe learned from my researching and thinking about brain mechanisms of emotions. It gives a scientific account of what emotions are, how they operate in the brain, What's Love Got to Do with It? 15.
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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