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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... sounds we hear. If we are asked to say which of two objects is closer or which of two sounds is louder, we can do so, but we cannot explain what operations the brain performed to allow us to reach these con- clusions. We have conscious ...
... sounds we hear. If we are asked to say which of two objects is closer or which of two sounds is louder, we can do so, but we cannot explain what operations the brain performed to allow us to reach these con- clusions. We have conscious ...
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... sound and fury, emotions as cognitions signify nothing, or at least nothing very emotional. Our emotions are full of blood, sweat, and tears, but you wouldn't know this from examining modern cognitive research on emotion. Emotion ...
... sound and fury, emotions as cognitions signify nothing, or at least nothing very emotional. Our emotions are full of blood, sweat, and tears, but you wouldn't know this from examining modern cognitive research on emotion. Emotion ...
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... sound that was supposed to be indicative of the rate at which their heart was beating. Valins manipulated the sounds independent of true heart beat so that some STIMULUS — • AROUSAL — • COGNITION — • FEELING ) FIGURE 3-4 The Schachter ...
... sound that was supposed to be indicative of the rate at which their heart was beating. Valins manipulated the sounds independent of true heart beat so that some STIMULUS — • AROUSAL — • COGNITION — • FEELING ) FIGURE 3-4 The Schachter ...
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... sounds, even though their actual heart rate was not high during exposure to these pictures. Valins concluded that in order for physiological activity to contribute to an emotional experience, the activity has to be represented ...
... sounds, even though their actual heart rate was not high during exposure to these pictures. Valins concluded that in order for physiological activity to contribute to an emotional experience, the activity has to be represented ...
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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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