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The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life Paperback – March 27, 1998

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What happens in our brains to make us feel fear, love, hate, anger, joy? Do we control our emotions, or do they control us? Do animals have emotions? How can traumatic experiences in early childhood influence adult behavior, even though we have no conscious memory of them? In The Emotional Brain, Joseph LeDoux investigates the origins of human emotions and explains that many exist as part of complex neural systems that evolved to enable us to survive.

One of the principal researchers profiled in Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, LeDoux is a leading authority in the field of neural science. In this provocative book, he explores the brain mechanisms underlying our emotions -- mechanisms that are only now being revealed.

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"Joseph LeDoux is a superb guide to that ultimate frontier in understanding our emotional life, the brain."
-- Daniel Goldman, author of Emotional Intelligence

"The Emotional Brain is an excellent introduction to the strange history of the neurobiology of emotion and a preview of what lies ahead."
-- Antonio R. Damasio, Scientific American

"Engrossing and engaging..."
-- Richard Restak, The New York Times Book Review

"Highly accessible...LeDoux's musical and literary references reveal a man clearly in touch with his own emotional feelings. All said, The Emotional Brain is a stimulating and thoughtful work and is essential reading for any serious student of human emotion."
-- Raymond J. Dolan, Nature

"[The Emotional Brain] is vivid and convincing in its description of the central mechanisms of emotion, and is directly applicable to understanding anxiety, the most common ingredient of emotional disorders. It's a terrifically good book."
-- Keith Oatley, New Scientist

About the Author

Joseph LeDoux is the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science in the Center for Neural Science at New York University. He has been awarded both a Merit Award and a Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health, as well as grants from the National Science Foundation and the American Heart Association. He lives in New York City.

Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; unknown edition (March 27, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780684836591
ISBN-13: 978-0684836591
ASIN: 0684836599
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 68 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #372 in Emotional Mental Health
- #233 in Medical Neuropsychology
- #315 in Popular Neuropsychology

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K. Brønnick

This is the 1998 edition.

November 8, 2017

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The book is probably great, but I actually had to scan through the reference list to finally find that this is indeed not a new book, but the old 1998 edition- probably unchanged. The "2015" publication date probably just refers to Kindle publication date. When you have to go to the reference list to find out when this edition of the book really is from, it is highly misleading. Do not be fooled- this is the 1998 book.

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Carlos Allende

A Must for everyone willing to understand emotions

June 9, 2018

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I wished I had read this book years ago! It is a comprehensive, and easy-to-read review of everything we know about emotion. Rather than simply regurgitating knowledge, Ledoux takes your hand on a stroll through others’ research and his own to understand what emotions are and how they affect behavior. Ledoux critiques to how cognitive scientists have minimized the role of emotions are on point. It is appalling how, despite this book coming out in the 90s, some authors still ignore the appraising nature of emotions.

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J.J.Brown

Power of Emotions over Thought

September 2, 2013

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Joseph LeDoux' illustrated The Emotional Brain explains why we can't think clearly when flooded with emotion, and many other mysteries. The book is scholarly and covers a tremendous range of research not only on emotion but also on brain evolution, thought, and memory. If you wonder how emotion evolved and how it works in animals and humans, this is a must-read book. I learned so many new concepts and some of these challenged my prior beliefs about how emotions control thought and action. The book shines a light on origins of mood-related psychiatric disorders. Carve out a chunk of time for The Emotional Brain, because it is a solid course in neurobiology.

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Dave Shumway

20 years old and thereby dated, yet he clearly ...

March 15, 2016

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20 years old and thereby dated, yet he clearly differentiates emotional memory from cognitive memory (input, processing and results.) It clearly explains to me why dealing with PTSD and all it's sequella is about much more than "uncovering" early memories and needs to be done at the client's own pace, if at all.

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I would recommend this book to every single person to understand our ...

June 3, 2016

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I am a Psychology major and I found this to be one of the most important works in the field. This has changed the direction of psychology. It explains how humans are more emotional beings than they are rational beings. I would recommend this book to every single person to understand our own thoughts, and those of others.

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This book opened my understanding to the fundamental core of ...

October 26, 2014

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This book opened my understanding to the fundamental core of emotion in the human animal. Anyone who still thinks that we are primarily thinking beings, needs to read what the neuroscience of today has discovered.The degree to which we operate with emotions and not reason and logic is humbling and ...at times, frightening. Well written, lucid, and a highly engaging read.

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A rich exposure of emotional experiences

February 18, 2019

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This is a text that has been referenced in a number of psychological and neurological works I've read for doctoral studies. It was the time for me to look into the work that has shaped so much of my research thus far. It did not disappoint. It is rich in research and presented in a narrative form that is understandable and engaging.

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Essential to understanding the brain.

March 28, 2019

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This is one of the classic books on emotions and neuroscience. Provides an interesting hypothesis for what our experience of emotions are, and a lot of facts about what an emotion is neurologically.

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