The archaeology of mind:neuroevolutionary origins of human emotions
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W. W Norton,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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The Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology |
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Carrier Form: | xxvii, 562 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780393705317 (hardcover) 0393705315 (hardcover) |
Index Number: | B842 |
CLC: | B842.6 |
Call Number: | B842.6/P193 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-546) and index. Ancestral passions -- The evolution of affective consciousness : studying emotional feelings in other animals -- The seeking system : brain sources of eager anticipation, desire, euphoria, and the quest for everything -- The ancestral sources of rage -- The ancestral roots of fear -- Beyond instincts : learning and the affective foundations of memory -- Lustful passions of the mind : from reproductive urges to romantic love -- Nurturing love : the care system -- Born to cry : the panic/grief system and the genesis of life-sustaining social bonds -- Playful dreamlike circuits of the brain : the ancestral sources of social joy and laughter -- Toward a neurobiology of the soul : the core-self and the genesis of primary-process feelings -- Brain emotional systems and affective qualities of mental life : from animal affects to human psychotherapeutics -- Philosophical reflections and complaints : can we go from mice to men and back again? Jaak Panskepp's lifework has revealed that all mammalian brains are composed of seven common emotional systems - seeking, lust, rage, fear, care, grief and play. This book provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the way in which these common systems guide emotional life in all mammals, including humans. |