The Brain and Emotion - Hardcover

Rolls, Edmund T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198524641 ISBN 13: 9780198524649

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

What are emotions, and why do we have them? What are the brain processes involved in emotion, and how can emotional disorders be understood? Are emotions an illogical vagary of the human condition, or could they have adaptive value? Edmund Rolls provides a modern neuroscience-based approach to understanding the brain mechanisms involved in emotion, and motivated behaviours such as hunger, thirst, sexual behaviour, and addiction. Rolls links his analysis of the neural structures and mechanisms of emotion and motivation to a wider consideration of what emotions are, how they evolved, and why emotional and motivational feelings - and ultimately consciousness itself - might arise in the brain. This book is intended for graduate students and researchers in neuroscience, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, biology, physiology, and medicine. In particular, anyone with an interest in the neural bases of emotion or motivation.

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Review:

"The book presents a clear and plausible point of view, backed up by a highly specific and comprehensive review of experimental work. It is highly recommended for anyone interested in the neural basis of emotion, and is essential for students of this field." -- Deborah Fein, Ph.D, University of Connecticut in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol. 8, No.1

"The book presents a clear and plausible point of view, backed up by a highly specific and comprehensive review of experimental work..." -- Deborah Fein, Ph.D, University of Connecticut in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol. 8, No.1

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198524641
• ISBN 13: 9780198524649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 377