Awesome – Jaak Panksepp is one of the founders of affective neuroscience, and author of Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions (2004) and The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions (2012). The Science of Emotions: Jaak Panksepp at TEDxRainier Published on Jan 13, 2014 Given an inherent subjective nature, emotions … Read more
This 8-week course is based on Robert Augustus Masters’ excellent book, Emotional Intimacy: A Comprehensive Guide for Connecting with the Power of Your Emotions (August, 2013). If this were not a program based on Masters’ book and work, and taught by one of his certified students, I would not be recommending it. The program costs … Read more
Frans de Waal is one of the foremost researchers in primate emotions, especially prosocial behaviors. He is the author of several books, including Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved (2006), The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society (2010), and The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates (2014). … Read more
Two new studies hit the news this on Wednesday, both of which involve changing the emotional impact of memories. The first was a joint project between MIT and Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers. We’ll start with the press release from MIT, a study that uses optogenetics (light stimulation) to alter emotional connections with memories: Neuroscientists … Read more
This new study sheds some light on how the brain processes emotions, although it certainly does not explain everything. According to Cornell University neuroscientist, Adam Anderson, “It appears that the human brain generates a special code for the entire valence spectrum of pleasant-to-unpleasant, good-to-bad feelings, which can be read like a ‘neural valence meter’ in … Read more
Via Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, this press release looks at new research on how the vagus nerve is part of our innate fear and anxiety systems. Nice to this being studied and published in a major journal, but Stephen Porges‘ polyvagal theory outlined this years ago. Below the press release from ETH Zurich, there is … Read more
This week’s podcast from All in the Mind (Australia) focused on how the internet and social media can be harnessed for everything from taking the emotional pulse of the nation to suicide prevention. The hard data of soft emotions Lynne Malcolm | Sunday 25 May 2014 Listen now Download audio show transcript Image: We … Read more