The feeling brain : the biology and psychology of emotions / Elizabeth Johnston and Leah Olson.

By:

Johnston, Elizabeth (Psychologist)

Contributor(s):

Olson, Leah (Biologist)

Series: A Norton professional bookPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780393706659 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

612.8/233 23

LOC classification:

QP401 .J64 2015

Contents:

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	QP401 .J64 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001358620

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: what is an emotion? -- 1. The early work on defining emotion: from William James to appraisal theory -- Divisions of the nervous system -- 2. The Limbic system version of the emotional brain -- Limbic system structures -- 3. The functions of emotions: basic emotional systems -- 4. The neutral substrates of fear and anxiety -- The stress system -- Divisions of the prefrontal cortex -- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) -- 5. The role of the body in emotions and decision making -- 6. Reward: liking, wanting, and learning -- Structures of the reward system -- 7. Body and mind: the linkage of interoception and emotion -- 8. Emotion and memory -- Subdivisions of memory -- 9. Feelings-as-information: how affect influences thought and judgment -- 10. Emotion-cognition interactions: attention, perception, and neuroeconomics -- 11. Emotion regulation -- Conclusion: what is an emotion, now?