Research Catalog

Title

The neuroscience of emotion : a new synthesis / Ralph Adolphs and David J. Anderson.

Author

Adolphs, Ralph,

Publication

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]

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Details

Additional Authors

Anderson, David J., 1956-

Description

xvi, 356 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm

Summary

"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."--

Subject

• Affective neuroscience
• Emotions > physiology
• Emotions in animals
• Emotions
• Neurobiology
• Neuropsychology
• Neurosciences > Methodology
• Neurosciences > methods
• Psychology, Comparative

Note

• Includes glossary.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-345) and index.

Contents

Part I. Foundations. What don't we know about emotions? -- A framework for studying emotions -- Building blocks and features of emotions -- Part II. Neuroscience. The logic of neuroscientific explanations -- The neurobiology of emotion in animals : general considerations -- The neuroscience of emotion in rodents -- Emotions in insects and other invertebrates -- Tools and methods in human neuroscience -- The neuroscience of emotion in humans -- Part III. Open questions. Theories of emotions and feelings -- Summary and future directions.

ISBN

• 9780691174082
• 0691174083

LCCN

99983005787

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries