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The archaeology of mind : neuroevolutionary origins of human emotions /

Panksepp, Jaak, 1943-

The archaeology of mind : neuroevolutionary origins of human emotions / Jaak Panksepp, Lucy Biven ; foreword by Daniel J. Siegel. - 1st ed. - New York : W. W Norton, c2012. - xxvii, 562 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - A Norton professional book The Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-546) and index.

Preface and acknowledgments -- Ancestral passions -- : the evolution of affective consciousness : studying emotional feelings in other animals -- The seeking system : brain sources of eager anticipation, desire, euphoria, and the quest for everything -- The ancestral sources of rage -- The ancestral roots of fear -- Beyond instincts : learning and the affective foundations of memory -- Lustful passions of the mind : from reproductive urges to romantic love -- Nurturing love : the care system -- Born to cry : the panic/grief system and the genesis of life-sustaining social bonds -- Playful dreamlike circuits of the brain : the ancestral sources of social joy and laughter -- Toward a neurobiology of the soul : the core-self and the genesis of primary-process feelings -- Brain emotional systems and affective qualities of mental life : from animal affects to human psychotherapeutics -- Philosophical reflections and complaints : can we go from mice to men and back again? -- References -- Index.

9780393705317 (hardcover)

2012010323


Emotions.
Emotions and cognition.
Memory.

BF531 / .P36 2012

152.4

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