The Neuroscience Of Emotion: A New Synthesis [EPUB]

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A new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotions in humans and animals The Neuroscience of Emotion presents a new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotion across species. Written by Ralph Adolphs and David J. Anderson, two leading authorities on the study of emotion, this accessible and original book recasts the discipline and demonstrates that in order to understand emotion, we need to examine its biological roots in humans and animals. Only through a comparative approach that encompasses work at the molecular, cellular, systems, and cognitive levels will we be able to comprehend what emotions do, how they evolved, how the brain shapes their development, and even how we might engineer them into robots in the future. Showing that emotions are ubiquitous across species and implemented in specific brain circuits, Adolphs and Anderson offer a broad foundation for thinking about emotions as evolved, functionally defined biological states. The authors discuss the techniques and findings from modern neuroscientific investigations of emotion and conclude with a survey of theories and future research directions. Featuring color illustrations throughout, The Neuroscience of Emotion synthesizes the latest in neuroscientific work to provide deeper insights into how emotions function in all of us.

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  • Year: 2,018

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 198

  • Identifier: 9781400889914,2018933553,9780691174082

  • Commentary: improved formatting and table of contents

  • Org File Size: 6,358,032

  • Extension: epub

  • Tags: psychology neuroscience emotions

  • Toc: List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments PART I. Foundations CHAPTER 1. What Don’t We Know about Emotions? Emotions According to Inside Out Toward a Science of Emotion Emotions Are Decoupled Reflexes Questions We Will Not Answer in This Book What Do We Want to Know about Emotions? CHAPTER 2. A Framework for Studying Emotions Warm-Up: Neuroscience Questions about Emotion Toward a Functional Definition of Emotion Proper Functions and Malfunctions Emotions and Consciousness An Experimental Example Summary CHAPTER 3. Building Blocks and Features of Emotions Building Blocks versus Features A Provisional List of Emotion Properties Summary PART II. Neuroscience CHAPTER 4. The Logic of Neuroscientific Explanations Levels of Biological Organization The Concept of Mechanism in Neuroscience Testing Causal Relationships between Neural Activity and Behavior Levels of Abstraction Mixing of Terms in Neuroscience Explanations Necessity, Sufficiency, and Normalcy Summary CHAPTER 5. The Neurobiology of Emotion in Animals: General Considerations Why Do We Need Studies of the Neurobiology of Emotion in Animals? What Do We Want to Understand about Emotion by Studying Animals? The Relationship of Emotion States to Motivation, Arousal, and Drive Psychiatric Drugs, Animal Models, and Emotions Summary CHAPTER 6. The Neuroscience of Emotion in Rodents Emotion, Fear, and the Amygdala Innate Defensive Beha