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.