The emotional brain revisited
Contributor(s): Debiec, Jacek [ed.] | Heller, Michael [ed.] | Brozek, Bartosz [ed.] | Ledoux, Joseph [ed.].
Publisher: Krakow Copernicus Center Press 2014Description: 371p.ISBN: 9788378860426.Subject(s): Neuropsychology | Emotions -- Physiological aspectsDDC classification: 152.4 | Em69 Summary: The Emotional Brain Revisited tackles various issues at play in the current neuroscientific, psychological, and philosophical research on emotions. The book discusses such topics as the role of amygdala in the emergence of emotions, the place of the affect within the psychological construction of the agent, insights from the research on emotions in animals, and the relation between emotions, rationality, morality, and law. Furthermore, various conceptual controversies underlying the empirical studies on emotions are considered. [Subject: Philosophy, Psychology, Cognitive Science]| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | General Stacks | 152.4 Em69 (Browse shelf) | Available | A185816 |
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The Emotional Brain Revisited tackles various issues at play in the current neuroscientific, psychological, and philosophical research on emotions. The book discusses such topics as the role of amygdala in the emergence of emotions, the place of the affect within the psychological construction of the agent, insights from the research on emotions in animals, and the relation between emotions, rationality, morality, and law. Furthermore, various conceptual controversies underlying the empirical studies on emotions are considered. [Subject: Philosophy, Psychology, Cognitive Science]
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