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Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions (Series in Affective Science) 1st Edition

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Some investigators have argued that emotions, especially animal emotions, are illusory concepts outside the realm of scientific inquiry. However, with advances in neurobiology and neuroscience, researchers are demonstrating that this position is wrong as they move closer to a lasting understanding of the biology and psychology of emotion. In Affective Neuroscience, Jaak Panksepp provides the most up-to-date information about the brain-operating systems that organize the fundamental emotional tendencies of all mammals. Presenting complex material in a readable manner, the book offers a comprehensive summary of the fundamental neural sources of human and animal feelings, as well as a conceptual framework for studying emotional systems of the brain. Panksepp approaches emotions from the perspective of basic emotion theory but does not fail to address the complex issues raised by constructionist approaches. These issues include relations to human consciousness and the psychiatric implications of this knowledge. The book includes chapters on sleep and arousal, pleasure and fear systems, the sources of rage and anger, and the neural control of sexuality, as well as the more subtle emotions related to maternal care, social loss, and playfulness. Representing a synthetic integration of vast amounts of neurobehavioral knowledge, including relevant neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry, this book will be one of the most important contributions to understanding the biology of emotions since Darwins The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
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    Oxford University Press
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    September 30, 2004
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    Series in Affective Science
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    10 x 0.9 x 7.04 inches
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"It is an invaluable reference for any neuroscientist interested in understanding the neurobiological basis of drives and emotions where the best information is contained in the animal literature. This is the strength of Panksepp's book which summarizes and references these data around clinically recognizable concepts making the information highly relevant to practicing clinicians." --Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences"Jaak Panksepp presents a synopsis of animal research on emotion together with stimulating new ideas on the role and representation of emotion in humans and other mammals. It seemed clear to me that Panksepp's affective neuroscience can provide a valuable foundation to emotion research. These are not entirely new ideas, but by presenting them in a comprehensive text on the neuroscience of emotion, Panksepp constructs a strong defense against the not uncommon view that emotions are 'illusionary concepts outside the realm of scientific enquiry.' For this reason alone, Panksepp is to be congratulated. This is a powerful text that will make a lasting impression on emotion research in general. Panksepp has provided a much-needed review of the animal literature, together with fascinating new ideas on the nature of affective consciousness." -- Andy Calder, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK

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Jaak Panksepp is at Medical College of Ohio at Toledo.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (September 30, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 019517805X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195178050
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1620L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.98 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 0.9 x 7.04 inches
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Dr. Richard G. Petty
5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Foundation, Despite Its Age
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2006
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It often astonishes me how many of my colleagues continue to argue that emotions are no more than simple reflexes that probably do not even exist in animals. Yet anyone who spends much time with animals constantly observes sophisticated reasoning and highly developed emotions. And it is difficult to try and reduce the sometimes devastating consequences of emotional disturbances in people with mood disorders to a series of reflexes.

Fortunately the understanding of the neurobiology of emotion has taken enormous strides in recent years. Jaak Panksepp, long regarded as one of the leaders in the field, gives us a wonderfully readable account of some of the neurological machinery that helps organize emotion in ALL mammals. For it is becoming clear that emotion is present in every mammal so far studied: even mice show evidence of emotion.

Panksepp includes discussion of arousal and of sleep: this one is of particular importance in the light of the increasing body of clinical work indicating that many mood disorders are secondary to disturbances of sleep, rather than sleep disorders being a consequence of mood disorders. He goes on to discuss systems involved in pleasure and fear, the sources of some forms of anger and rage. He is very good on the neural control of sexuality in animals, as well as the subtle emotions involved maternal care, social loss, and playfulness. The importance of these neurological systems in human beings remains an open question: humans are so astonishingly complex and have so many "extra" dimensions on their behavioral actions, that it is probably unwise to try and reduce these complex behaviors to the firing of groups of neurons.

This focus on the neurobiology of affect is welcome, though it is valuable to remember that emotion can also be conceptualized as irreducible psychological and social functions.

Although this book is eight years old, it remains an excellent foundation and context in which to place more recent books and papers.
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Grover Diehl
5.0 out of 5 stars Take your thinking to the next level
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2013
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I’ll try to add some new observations on this excellent work. It is written from the perspective of a philosopher-scientist; not in the English-American style of “if it can’t be measured, it doesn’t exist”. Panksepp goes into the nuances and “what if’s” of things. This is new thinking, not just new data. He also brings up the touchy problem of our relationships with other beings on the planet, human and infra-human. As I read I found myself recalling Peter Kropotkin’s mutual aid ideas, and finding a neurodevelopmental explanation. That is, the experimentalists miss the point: if we were only stimuli and responses (survival of the fittest), for what reason would we care to research it (mutual aid)? And, Panksepp’s breadth and depth of explanation is extraordinary; it isn’t easy reading, but it is a pleasure to read. It is for study and consideration; nor for recreation. If you have any interest in taking your thinking to the next level, you should get this book.
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Cactus Jack
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and critical knowledge!
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2022
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Absolutely groundbreaking and fundamental critical knowledge for this field. I have heard this has been called the Bible of neurobehavioral science and I think I can see that and agree with it. Fantastic writing and work all-together.
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Joyce M. Bernheim
5.0 out of 5 stars A Clear Introduction and Much-Needed Corrective
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2009
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As the parent of a son with autism trying to understand his social and emotional deficits, I found this book to be clear and to provide an extremely useful framework for understanding emotions. It will be useful to any reader who wants a deeper and more accurate picture of emotions than is presented in popular treatments of the topic. It also gives a clear sense of how far research has yet to go to give us some of the answers we most want. Although I am sure it is dated (as of this writing), the introductory chapters do a wonderful job of placing the author's work in the context of other areas of research and other views within the same areas, describing what he sees as the strengths and weaknesses of each position.
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Rich Norman
5.0 out of 5 stars an exceptional book
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2013
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I wanted to take a moment and make note of this exceptional book. I read a plethora of scientific literature, and with few exceptions, these books and papers are written in the very most confusing and painfully dry style possible. One who truly understands a topic, can be precise and clear. One who has mastered a topic, can make what is deeply complex, intelligible to any reader. This author, Jaak Panksepp, is just such a master. His clear and warm style of writing make these complex topics easily accessible to all. The breadth of the text and its detail, are only exceeded by its ease of comprehension. I unhesitatingly recommend it to any and all audiences.

Rich Norman Editor in Chief: The Journal of Unconscious Psychology.
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Paolo Iacobucci
5.0 out of 5 stars The "book of the books" on Affective Neuroscience...
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2016
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The "book of the books" on emotions, written by the founder of this discipline. From a neuroscience perspective without forgetting the evolutionary viewpoint, the book provides clear, exhaustive and detailed explanations useful to neuroscientists, psychologists and clinicians what an emotion really is, what is its function and why it is vital the study of the brains in other species for a deeper understanding of this fascinating subject. The book is a little bit dated right now, and some new details would be useful, but the "main idea" provided by this book still remain extremely valid.
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5.0 out of 5 stars le livre
Reviewed in France on September 5, 2021
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synthèse exceptionnelle des avancées en neuroscience
écrite de manière vivante avec pédagogie
requiert un bon niveau scientifique
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Cee Jay
5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy on the Science
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2020
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This is a course textbook for me, and boy I struggled with it at first. Just incomprehensible.

I listened to Panksepp on the Brain Science podcast, and YouTube lectures, which enabled me to get the gist.

I now get it, and it's a book that I'll be dipping into forever I think, it's fascinating.
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Cee Jay
5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy on the Science
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2020
This is a course textbook for me, and boy I struggled with it at first. Just incomprehensible.

I listened to Panksepp on the Brain Science podcast, and YouTube lectures, which enabled me to get the gist.

I now get it, and it's a book that I'll be dipping into forever I think, it's fascinating.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't keep it down. Thank you.
Reviewed in India on June 4, 2020
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Marcelo Henrique
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnífico!
Reviewed in Brazil on June 10, 2018
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Livro magnífico! Muito bem escrito. As explicações sobre evolução e sua relação com os afetos é impressionante. Seriam as emoções uma fase extremamente importante para nossa evolução filogenética e ontogenética?
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Lina
5.0 out of 5 stars Lektüre
Reviewed in Germany on November 3, 2019
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Pflichtlektüre im Studium. Super spannend und leicht verständlich.
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