Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions

by Jaak Panksepp

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019517805X
• ISBN13: 9780195178050
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"