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The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life Paperback – 4 Feb 1999

by Joseph Ledoux (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: W&N; New Ed edition (4 Feb. 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0753806703
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753806708
  • Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 3 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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""[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" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The science behind David Goleman's Emotional Intelligence.

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5.0 out of 5 starsA superb account of practical brain research
By Cliff Fiscal on 11 Aug. 2000
Format: Paperback
LeDoux shows how the evolution of brain structure directly influences behaviour, emotion and thought. Knowing the simple fact that the amygdala has temporal perceptual dominance over the cerebrum (and for that matter more'control' as measured through the ratio of outbound-to-inbound neural connectors between the amygdala and the cortex) is the sort of basic scientific fact that will hopefully temper many of the more esoteric claims of psychology. This is an excellent book if you are interested in a scientific understanding of human behaviour. If you are more interested in 'philosophical' issues and language games - give it a miss.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLaypersons will like it; Psychologists will NEED it...
By A Customer on 18 Mar. 1998
Format: Paperback
For the layperson, LeDoux's book is an excellent account of the scientific search for understanding what emotions are and what they do. Comparing it to the several trendy books about measuring emotional intelligence isn't quite fair--this is not a self-help book that stresses the importance of good social skills (which to me, seems what emotional quotient boils down to). Instead, this book nicely weaves the best of psychological, biological, and cutting-edge neuroscientific research to give the reader a good picture of what scientists currently know about emotions and how emotions are experienced in the body and the mind. But despite the comprehensive scientific explanations, the book is extremely readable and filled with real-world implications. For a professor of neural science, LeDoux writes creatively (love those subheadings!), and I think this book can do for the study of emotions what Carl Sagan's Cosmos did for astronomy.
For psychologists, particularly psychotherapists, this book should be required reading. Despite dealing with people's emotions everyday, few therapists can give more than a basic explanation of what exactly an emotion is, and how it influences human functioning. This is partly because most textbook discussions of emotions are either too basic or too difficult, are just plain boring, or don't make the implications for therapists clear. LeDoux's book changes all that--I've reviewed several academic books, articles, and texts on understanding emotions, and kept coming back to this one. Do your graduate students (who may be groaning under the pressure of a dry neuroscience text!) a favor and make them all read The Emotional Brain--they'll be just as educated, and a lot more excited as well.
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4.0 out of 5 starsDiscussion of current theories of cognition and emotion
By Rolf Dobelli TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 27 Jun. 2007
Format: Hardcover
Joseph LeDoux works very hard in this book, but in many ways, his fairness and ambition get in his way. He sets out not only to explain how emotions work in the brain but also to review the neurological, philosophical, evolutionary and psychological theories that explain the emotions. LeDoux makes sure he is fair to each theory, but that means that he takes entire chapters to discuss ideas that he ultimately dismisses as stepping stones. This tactic is informative if you're interested in history, but it will only slow you down if you're looking for a practical discussion of how emotions work. In addition, despite LeDoux's careful explanations, analogies and diagrams, the theories are complex and therefore challenging. We recommend this book to patient readers seeking a strong overall background on the emotional functioning of the brain. Human resource managers and others seeking insight into people's feelings and responses will find it especially useful.
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4.0 out of 5 starsEmotionality in a nutshell
By A Customer on 22 Jan. 1999
Format: Paperback
Ledoux outlines contemporary research related to emotionality from a neuroscientific perspective, yet retains a sense of humanity by exploring the psychological implications of current findings. Evolutionary biology plays a strong role in The Emotional Brain, such that emotional drives, such as fear, are inherited from our prehistoric ancestors, that conscious emotional experience can be reinterpreted as higher-order forms of survival instinct. Exploring anatomical areas in the brain related to emotional experience, such as the amygdala, and how projections from these areas to cortical regions influences behavior, suggest a physiological explanation for temperamental style. Even if you are not studying psychology or neurology, you will find that the contents of this book apply to everyday life and how we interpret emotional experience in general. Thus, I commend this book's scope and its ability to unlock imaginative flights, which will ultimately inspire me to design new research methods to approach unsolved problems.
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5.0 out of 5 starsimproving the performance of your mind by understanding how the brain works
By A Customer on 12 Mar. 2008
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I have a special interest in training the mind to reduce negative thoughts and emotions with meditation exercises. I was therefore curious to find out if this book could give me some useful insights on this point.
It does. In emotions we depend on two competing systems. The "low road" or fast system that is very similar for all vertebrae animals and "high road" slow system that adds the Cortex for thinking into the circuit. That thinking capability is most strongly developed in the human species. The low road -slow systems follows the following steps:
Emotional stimulus -Sensory Thalamus - Amygdala -Emotional response
The competing parallel, slow system with half the speed has an additional link as follows:
Emotional stimulus- Sensory Thalamus-Sensory Cortex- Amygdala- Emotional response
The fast system is the best in case of real danger requiring instant reaction. But it can create trouble when a reaction is triggered by a false alarm leading to the wrong reaction. The slow system involving the Cortex evaluates the emotional stimulus, considers the context, and examines the options before deciding on the reaction and thus avoiding wrong reactions. It also has learning capability. Mistakes are not repeated. Training the mind will strengthen the influence the Cortex will have on the reaction. When I feel a sudden burst of anger, I now realise that it is probably the result of the fast road short-circuiting the Cortex circuit. So I pause to gain control of my anger.
The second useful idea is that memory of past experiences colour our views without us being aware of it. For example I had a bad experience working with a fast talker that turned out to be unreliable. The next time I met a fast talker I was instantly negative to that person without being aware why.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

good read.

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1.0 out of 5 starsOne Star

Well written informative but personally found this book quite difficult to get into

Published 8 months ago by Dawn Ann Williams
3.0 out of 5 starsInteresting, and possibly more up to date than Daniel ...

Interesting, and possibly more up to date than Daniel Goleman's 'Emotional Intelligence'. But the Goleman book taught me much more and lasted longer in the memory.

Published 9 months ago by Pauline Buckland
5.0 out of 5 starswonderful insightful book

Excellent, easy to read and very informative.

Published 19 months ago by sunshine
3.0 out of 5 starsBook really only about fear, and not that easy to read

Although I found Ledoux more readable than Damasio, I have two major gripes with the book. The main one is the title: there is not a lot in the book about emotions in general;... Read more

Published on 26 Aug. 2013 by jangali
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent

This is about the nuts and bolts of emotion - from a top world scientist. At times the writing is technical - as in, not written in a populist way. Stick with it and learn.

Published on 8 Aug. 2011 by Fergus McClelland
3.0 out of 5 starsReview for The Emotional Brain

In Joseph LeDoux's book, The Emotional Brain, he tries to track down which part(s) of the brain emotions come from. Read more

Published on 26 Nov. 2010 by jalexan301
4.0 out of 5 starsReadable but technical book about conditioned responses

A readable but quite technical brain science book about learned fear and conditioned responses. If you want to learn about 'Hebbian Plasticity' this is the one for you. Read more

Published on 14 Sept. 2004 by Amazon Customer
2.0 out of 5 starsPhilosophy left out

This is a dissapointing book. LeDoux sets out to correct the concentration on rationality rather than emotion in explaning brain function. Read more

Published on 24 Mar. 1999

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