Autonomic Expression of Emotion - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128132078 ISBN 13: 9780128132074

Publisher: Academic Press, 2024

Synopsis

Autonomic Expression of Emotion is the first book to form a functional definition of the mind-brain connection in relation to emotional expression. The body’s expression of emotion―from laughing to crying to experiencing stress or anxiety―requires a response from the autonomic nervous system. Without modulation of respiration, vocalization, cardiovascular activity, pain receptors, and urinary responses, no emotional expression is possible. While emotional control is within the purview of the limbic system, autonomic control lies within the brainstem. Neuroscience research typically addresses these areas as two separate entities, rather than examining them in unison. Autonomic Expression of Emotion thoroughly examines this relationship, and provides comprehensive coverage of the neurons, circuits, and control mechanisms through which the limbic and autonomic systems interact to produce emotional expression.

• Explores the relationships among the mind, brain, emotion, and autonomic function
• Considers the combined functions of the autonomic nervous system and the limbic system
• Presents a compendium of fundamental neurophysiological modulation of emotions

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About the Author

Dr. Subramanian holds a PhD in systems neuroscience and holds a Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation (APCN); he is also an affiliate at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), a teaching intern at the School of Biomedical Sciences, and an honorary senior research associate at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on the systems neurophysiology of autonomic control and treatment of neurogenic autonomic disorders via neuromodulation of brainstem circuits and his discoveries have been critical for establishing the periaqueductal gray as the “emotional controller” of the autonomic nervous system. He is editor of two volumes of the series Progress in Brain Research and the author of more than fifty articles and papers.

From the Back Cover

Autonomic Expression of Emotion is the first book to form a functional definition of the mind-brain connection in relation to emotional expression. The body’s expression of emotion―from laughing to crying to experiencing stress or anxiety―requires a response from the autonomic nervous system. Without modulation of respiration, vocalization, cardiovascular activity, pain receptors, and urinary responses, no emotional expression is possible. While emotional control is within the purview of the limbic system, autonomic control lies within the brainstem. Neuroscience research typically addresses these areas as two separate entities, rather than examining them in unison. Autonomic Expression of Emotion thoroughly examines this relationship, and provides comprehensive coverage of the neurons, circuits, and control mechanisms through which the limbic and autonomic systems interact to produce emotional expression.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128132078
• ISBN 13: 9780128132074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Subramanian Hari H.