Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion (Series in Affective Science) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195155920 ISBN 13: 9780195155921

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This book, a member of the Series in Affective Science, is a unique interdisciplinary sequence of articles on the cognitive neuroscience of emotion by some of the most well-known researchers in the area. It explores what is known about cognitive processes in emotion at the same time it reviews the processes and anatomical structures involved in emotion, determining whether there is something about emotion and its neural substrates that requires they be studied as a separate domain. Divided into four major focal points and presenting research that has been performed in the last decade, this book covers the process of emotion generation, the functions of amygdala, the conscious experience of emotion, and emotion regulation and dysregulation. Collectively, the chapters constitute a broad but selective survey of current knowledge about emotion and the brain, and they all address the close association between cognitive and emotional processes. By bringing together diverse strands of investigation with the aim of documenting current understanding of how emotion is instantiated in the brain, this book will be of use to scientists, researchers, and advanced students of psychology and neuroscience.

About this title

About the Author

Richard D. Lane and Lynn Nadel are both at University of Arizona.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195155920
• ISBN 13: 9780195155921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 431
• Editor: Lane Richard D., Nadel Lynn