The Emotional Brain, 9780753806708
Paperback
Unconscious emotions revealed: survival, shortcuts, and understanding emotional disorders.

The Emotional Brain

the mysterious underpinnings of emotional life

$41.99

  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    30 April 1999

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Summary

Unlocking the Emotional Brain: A Journey into the Neuroscience of Feeling

The Emotional Brain offers a cutting-edge scientific exploration, providing a deeper understanding of the crucial role emotions play in our evolutionary survival. While cognitive studies have often overlooked the significance of emotions, this book reveals how they serve as vital shortcuts, enabling us to react swiftly in situations where speed and intuition outweigh logic.

Much of our emotion…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780753806708
ISBN-10:0753806703
Author:Joseph Ledoux
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:30 April 1999
Weight:334g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 40mm
About The Author

Joseph Ledoux

Joseph LeDoux is the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at NYU in the Center for Neural Science, and he directs the Emotional Brain Institute of NYU and the Nathan Kline Institute. He is a world-renowned expert on the brain mechanisms of memory and emotion.

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