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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... reason." Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie1 MY FATHER WAS A butcher. I spent much of my childhood surrounded by beef. At an early age, I learned what the inside of a cow looks like. And the part that interested me the most was the slimy ...
... reason." Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie1 MY FATHER WAS A butcher. I spent much of my childhood surrounded by beef. At an early age, I learned what the inside of a cow looks like. And the part that interested me the most was the slimy ...
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... reason why we should have deep-seated opinions about the existence of black holes in space, or the importance of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the inner workings of a brain cell. Things that are obvious are not necessarily true, and ...
... reason why we should have deep-seated opinions about the existence of black holes in space, or the importance of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the inner workings of a brain cell. Things that are obvious are not necessarily true, and ...
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... reasons. The system we use to defend against danger is different from the one we use in procreation, and the feelings that result from activating these sys- tems—fear and sexual pleasure—do not have a common origin. There is no such ...
... reasons. The system we use to defend against danger is different from the one we use in procreation, and the feelings that result from activating these sys- tems—fear and sexual pleasure—do not have a common origin. There is no such ...
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... reasons. The study of experimental animals is, as a result, both a useful and a nec- essary enterprise if we are to understand emotions in the human brain. Understanding emotions in the human brain is clearly an important quest, as most ...
... reasons. The study of experimental animals is, as a result, both a useful and a nec- essary enterprise if we are to understand emotions in the human brain. Understanding emotions in the human brain is clearly an important quest, as most ...
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... reason and passion in the brain, a development that will allow future humans to better know their true feelings and to use them more effectively in daily life. 2 SOULS ON ICE Gvs&£) "Think, think, think." Winnie the What's Love Got to ...
... reason and passion in the brain, a development that will allow future humans to better know their true feelings and to use them more effectively in daily life. 2 SOULS ON ICE Gvs&£) "Think, think, think." Winnie the What's Love Got to ...
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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