The Psychobiology Of Emotions

Author : Jack George Thompson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489921214
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychobiology of Emotions written by Jack George Thompson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regardless of culture, most adult humans report experiencing similar feelings such as anger, fear, humor, and joy. Such subjective emotional states, however, are not universal. Members of some cultures deny experiencing specific emo tions such as fear or grief. Moreover, within any culture, individuals differ widely in their self-reports of both the variety and intensity of their emotions. Some people report a vivid tapestry of positive and negative emotional experi ences. Other people report that a single emotion such as depression or fear totally dominates their existences. Still others report flat and barren emotional lives. Over the past 100 years, scientists have proposed numerous rival explana tions of why such large individual differences in emotions occur. Various authors have offered anthropological, biochemical, ethological, neurological, psycholog ical, and sociological models of human emotions. Indeed, the sheer number of competing theories precludes a comprehensive review in a single volume. Ac cordingly, only a representative sample of models are discussed in this book, and many equally important theories have been omitted. These omissions were not intended to prejudice the reader in favor of any particular conceptual frame work. Rather, this selective coverage was intended to focus attention upon the empirical findings that contemporary theories attempt to explain.

Author : Nathan A. Fox
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317596102
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychobiology of Affective Development (PLE: Emotion) written by Nathan A. Fox and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1984, this was the first volume on this topic to appear in an emerging area of study at the time. The editors were selective in choosing their contributions to the volume to ensure that both the developmental and neuropsychological domains were well represented. One of the major goals was to foster greater contact and cross-fertilization between subdisciplines that they firmly believed should be more intimately connected. The result is this title, which can now be enjoyed in its historical context.

Author : Stefano Calicchio
Publisher : Stefano Calicchio
ISBN 13 : 8835839726
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to the psychology of emotions written by Stefano Calicchio and published by Stefano Calicchio. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering the meaning and functioning of emotions has never been so simple. In this volume we review the main currents of thought regarding the psychology of human emotions. From the theories of early scholars (such as those of James and Cannon) to the most recent discoveries of psychobiology. The second part of the volume is dedicated to the issues of basic emotions, emotional intelligence and emotional development. The guide is based on a simple, fast and essential discursive style. The book ends with a small self-assessment test that allows the reader to review and fix the main concepts. Forget the thousands of pages long or prohibitively expensive psychology manuals and start exploring how your mind works through a series of guides at unbeatable prices. ### THE COLLECTION ### Psychology made simple is a collection of simple, clear and ready-to-use texts dedicated to the functioning of the human mind, whose lowest common denominator is the practicality and immediacy of its contents. From work contexts to family life, from relationships with others in search of a personal balance, everyone will be able to find answers and satisfy their desire to know, without trespassing into more complex treatments than necessary.

Author : Nathan A. Fox
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780898592696
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychobiology of Affective Development written by Nathan A. Fox and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Changiz Mohiyeddini
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781628080537
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Psychology of Emotions written by Changiz Mohiyeddini and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a timely, comprehensive, and authoritative edition consisting of chapters by an eminent group of international emotion researchers who provide a cutting-edge overview of all major aspects of human emotions. In addition to reviewing the current state of the art in a number of main research areas related to the topic of emotion, the authors present squarely an outlook for the future research on emotion.

Author : Norman E. Rosenthal
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0806536624
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emotional Revolution: written by Norman E. Rosenthal and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-09-16 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feel Better. . .Live Better Scientific discoveries are unlocking the mysteries of our emotional lives. Every week brings us new information on the environmental, hormonal, genetic, and chemical factors that affect our feelings, and an ever-expanding repertoire of methods to manage specific emotional conditions. But how can we apply this cutting-edge research to our own lives? In The Emotional Revolution, Norman E. Rosenthal, psychiatrist, researcher, and specialist in the fields of psychopharmacology and psychobiology, offers a comprehensive guide to these exciting breakthroughs. He explores the latest findings about the body mechanisms that create emotions--and why our feelings can sometimes go out of control. He also offers simple self-help strategies and evaluates dozens of the newest treatments--both traditional and alternative--that can help with everything from depression and addiction to anxiety and excessive anger. Here is fascinating, up-to-the-minute information you won't find in any other single resource, including: • Clues to the biological basis of monogamy • A new link between depression and heart disease, and what this means for the treatment of both conditions • How simple patterns of eye movements can help alleviate painful memories • How taking a commonly-used blood pressure medication can help you cope with trauma • How lying in the dark releases a hormone that can alleviate anxiety and craving • The surprising health benefits of friendship and religion • The deadly dangers of anger • The health-promoting powers of love The first book to combine scientific research with prescriptive guidelines for the general reader, The Emotional Revolution is your guide to understanding the complexities of human feelings--and improving your life. "A well-researched, clearly-written, and absorbing book. Highly recommended for anyone who's ever seen a psychiatrist--or who hasn't!" --Dean Hamer, Ph.D., author of The Science of Desire Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University. A practicing psychiatrist, Dr. Rosenthal has been listed in The Best Doctors in the U.S. For twenty years, he was a senior researcher in psychiatry and psychobiology at the National Institute of Mental Health. He has appeared on 20/20, CNN, National Public Radio, The Today Show, CBS Morning News, and Good Morning, America. Dr. Rosenthal lives and practices in Rockville, Maryland. Visit his Web site at www.normanrosenthal.com.

Author : Robert E. Thayer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195068270
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Biopsychology of Mood and Arousal written by Robert E. Thayer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book presents a comprehensive theory of mood states, viewing them as subjective components of two related biological arousal systems, one which people find energizing, and the other which people describe as producing tension.

Author : Jeffrey Alan Gray
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780863771637
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychobiological Aspects of Relationships Between Emotion and Cognition written by Jeffrey Alan Gray and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent analyses of the relationships between cognition and emotion based upon experimental studies of human subjects have tended to proceed in virtually complete isolation from data and theory derived from work with animals. Partly as a consequence of this isolation, such analyses have had little contact with relevant biological or neurological research. The articles in this special issue of Cognition and Emotion aim to redress this balance. They present a number of diverse, but related, points of view on the neurobiology and neuropsychology of emotion, cognition and their interface. The contributors are all distinguished scientists who are actively involved in both empirical and theoretical research in this field.

Author : Daniel Kahneman
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 161044325X
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Well-Being written by Daniel Kahneman and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1999-07-08 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of well-being is one of the most enduring and elusive subjects of human inquiry. Well-Being draws upon the latest scientific research to transform our understanding of this ancient question. With contributions from leading authorities in psychology, social psychology, and neuroscience, this volume presents the definitive account of current scientific efforts to understand human pleasure and pain, contentment and despair. The distinguished contributors to this volume combine a rigorous analysis of human sensations, emotions, and moods with a broad assessment of the many factors, from heredity to nationality, that bear on our well-being. Using the tools of experimental science, the contributors confront the puzzles of human likes and dislikes. Why do we grow accustomed and desensitized to changes in our lives, both good and bad? Does our happiness reflect the circumstances of our lives or is it determined by our temperament and personality? Why do humans acquire tastes for sensations that are initially painful or unpleasant? By examining the roots of our everyday likes and dislikes, the book also sheds light on some of the more extreme examples of attraction and aversion, such as addiction and depression. Among its wide ranging inquiries, Well-Being examines systematic differences in moods and behaviors between genders, explaining why women suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than men, but are also more inclined to express positive emotions. The book also makes international comparisons, finding that some countries' populations report higher levels of happiness than others. The contributors deploy an array of methods, from the surveys and questionnaires of social science to psychological and physiological experiments, to develop a comprehensive new approach to the study of well-being. They show how the sensory pleasures of the body can tells us something about the higher pleasures of the mind and even how the effectiveness of our immune system can depend upon the health of our social relationships.

Author : Stefano Puglisi-Allegra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792306825
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychobiology of Stress written by Stefano Puglisi-Allegra and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1990-10-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a historical point of view the first studies on the response of the organism to stressful situations in general, and on the psychobiology of stress in particular, are probably those of Cannon and de la Paz, the physiologists who showed in 1911 that the adrenal medulla and the sympathetic system are involved in emergency situations. Cannon noted that the venous blood of cats frightened by barking dogs contained adrenaline, a response of the organism which was prevented by adrenalectomy or by section of the splanchnic nerve innervating the adrenal medulla. Cannon suggested that the adrenal medulla was acting in concert with the sympathetic nervous system, so that both systems were activated during stress. The role of the sympathetic system in response to stressful events was later emphasized by the experiments carried out by Maickel et al. (1967) and by Mason (1968): these authors clearly showed that stressors activate the sympathetic system causing it to release adrenaline and noradrenaline. This line of research may be contrasted with that carried out by Hans Selye, centered on of the adrenal cortex in the stress response. Selye's findings and theories originated the role the so-called hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal cortex (HPA) model of stress: in short, during stress adrenocorticotropic hormone is released from cells of the anterior pituitary and elicits secretion of glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex.