The Emotional Foundations of Personality: A Neurobiological and Evolutionary Approach

Davis, Kenneth L.; Panksepp PhD, Jaak

ISBN 10: 0393710572 / ISBN 13: 9780393710571

Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2018

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26378224539

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This book presents the wealth of scientific evidence that our personality emerges from evolved primary emotions shared by all mammals. Yes, your dog feels love-and many other things too. These subcortically generated emotions bias our actions, alter our perceptions, guide our learning, provide the basis for our thoughts and memories, and become regulated over the course of our lives.

Understanding personality development from the perspective of mammals is a groundbreaking approach and one that sheds new light on the ways in which we as humans respond to life events, both good and bad.

Jaak Panksepp, famous for discovering laughter in rats and for creating the field of affective neuroscience, died in April 2017. This book forms part of his lasting legacy and impact on a wide range of scientific and humanistic disciplines. It will be essential reading for anyone trying to understand how we act in the world and the world's impact on us.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Ken Davis completed his PhD under Jaak Panksepp at Bowling Green State University; they worked on an assessment and theory of personality for twenty years.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Emotional Foundations of Personality: A ...
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New