The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life - Hardcover

Ledoux, Jo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684803828 ISBN 13: 9780684803821

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Examines emotions and psychological disorders from a biological perspective, analyzing what emotions are, how they operate in the brain, and how they influence everyday lives. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Engrossing and engaging..."

-- Richard Restak, "The New York Times Book Review"

"Engrossing and engaging..."

-- Richard Restak, "The New York Times Book Review"

"Engrossing and engaging..."

-- Richard Restak, "The New York Times Book Review"

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

""[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"

"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

Book Description:

The science behind David Goleman's Emotional Intelligence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0684803828
• ISBN 13: 9780684803821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384