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

by Jaak Panksepp (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 344 ratings
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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"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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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00590X4HM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2004
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 23.4 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199884353
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  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1620L
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Series in Affective Science
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Customers find the book offers great knowledge and is very readable for laypersons, with extraordinary depth of explanation. Moreover, the book provides a comprehensive look at the neural underpinnings of emotions, and customers consider it a classic.

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"...Although this book is eight years old, it remains an excellent foundation and context in which to place more recent books and papers." Read more

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"...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..." Read more

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"...regarded as one of the leaders in the field, gives us a wonderfully readable account of some of the neurological machinery that helps organize..." Read more

"...explanation is extraordinary; it isn’t easy reading, but it is a pleasure to read. It is for study and consideration; nor for recreation...." Read more

"...understand his social and emotional deficits, I found this book to be clear and to provide an extremely useful framework for understanding emotions...." Read more

"...This author, Jaak Panksepp, is just such a master. His clear and warm style of writing make these complex topics easily accessible to all...." Read more

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Customers appreciate how the book provides a comprehensive look at the neural underpinnings of emotions, with one customer noting its focus on subtle emotions in maternal care, while another describes it as a Bible of neurobehavioral science.

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"...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”...." Read more

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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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  • 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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  • cwk
    5.0 out of 5 stars remarkable work
    Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2012
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    Remarkable in its breadth and creativity, offering many insights and possible explanations. There is much of Panksepp freely available on the Internet, however, this can be considered his magnum opus, and is surely a classic of affective neuroscience. It is a work which has not aged at all(even if as mentioned elsewhere the 2004 edition is the same as the 1998 edition). While the parts are fashioned into a whole, I do feel that the fashioning could have been tighter, but it is still very readable for laypersons such as myself. The Kindle Edition can be recommended as there is so much one will want to annotate or excerpt.
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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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    5.0 out of 5 stars recomendable 100%
    Reviewed in Spain on April 13, 2016
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    lectura para descubrir tantos comportamientos humanos!
    Es algo científico, uno debe estar algo familiarizado con esto. Para mí, un libro muy interesante!!
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    Interesting
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't keep it down. Thank you.
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    Great book.
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    Reviewed in Germany on May 31, 2024
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    Dieses Buch ist einfach der Hammer, nicht einfach zu lesen, lohnt sich aber definitiv!
    Preis ist leider recht hoch, würde ich aber auch erneut kaufen wenn ich müsste, klare Kaufempfehlung.
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