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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... disorders are indeed more likely to be treat- able than those related to organic causes . However , the distinction ... anxiety disorders . These are among the most common forms of mental illness.5 I will argue they involve the fear ...
... disorders are indeed more likely to be treat- able than those related to organic causes . However , the distinction ... anxiety disorders . These are among the most common forms of mental illness.5 I will argue they involve the fear ...
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... anxiety about the fact that the traumatic origin of the anxiety is not always remembered . Of course , repression of ... disorders may develop without an initial trauma . Nevertheless , we at least have a possible mechanism that might account ...
... anxiety about the fact that the traumatic origin of the anxiety is not always remembered . Of course , repression of ... disorders may develop without an initial trauma . Nevertheless , we at least have a possible mechanism that might account ...
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... disorders , and in particular for understanding why these sometimes seem to occur or get worse after unrelated ... anxiety disorder , making the individual vulnera- ble to anxiety , but not dictating the nature of the disorder that will ...
... disorders , and in particular for understanding why these sometimes seem to occur or get worse after unrelated ... anxiety disorder , making the individual vulnera- ble to anxiety , but not dictating the nature of the disorder that will ...
Contents
Whats Love Got to Do with It? | 11 |
Souls on Ice | 22 |
Blood Sweat and Tears | 42 |
Copyright | |
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The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life Joseph Ledoux Limited preview - 1998 |
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