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The Archaeology of Mind

Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions

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The Archaeology of Mind

By: Jaak Panksepp, Lucy Biven, Daniel J. Siegel - foreword
Narrated by: Peter Lerman
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What makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What fills us with lust, anger, fear, or tenderness? Traditional behavioral and cognitive neuroscience have yet to provide satisfactory answers. The Archaeology of Mind presents an affective neuroscience approach - which takes into consideration basic mental processes, brain functions, and emotional behaviors that all mammals share - to locate the neural mechanisms of emotional expression. It reveals - for the first time - the deep neural sources of our values and basic emotional feelings.

This book elaborates on the seven emotional systems that explain how we live and behave. These systems originate in deep areas of the brain that are remarkably similar across all mammalian species. When they are disrupted, we find the origins of emotional disorders.

The book offers an evidence-based evolutionary taxonomy of emotions and affects and, as such, a brand-new clinical paradigm for treating psychiatric disorders in clinical practice.

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©2012 Jaak Panksepp and Lucy Biven (P)2021 Tantor Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Emotions Human Brain Mental Health Health Affective Neuroscience
Insightful Book • Phenomenal Work • Mastery Neuroscience
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Great book by a man with mastery of current neuroscience of emotions. Andrew Huberman referred to the author as the world's foremost authority of emotions.

Thoroughly Sculpted Description of Emotions

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The book is insightful but excessively long, which makes it slightly boring, especially considering the barely bearable narration (sorry for the narrator so I don’t want to criticise more. Academically, a great piece though.

A bit too long

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A well done look into how thr human brain works, particularly in terms of the emotional components, their structural and neurochemical correlates, and the importance of using animal models. The also author does a good job of integrating psychotherapy, especially psychodynamic theory into his biological framework.

insightful look into the mind and brain.

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This man is among the best psychological researchers to grace science. Hopefully as time passes on we heed his words and work moreso than in the past.

Amazing book and phenomenal work. RIP Panksepp. TY

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amazing book but can not stand the narrator voice
the person who pick this guy to narrate book should be fired !! what a voice

bad narration!

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OMG, the narrator’s voice and way of reading is so unpleasant. He is trying too hard to read well. And in the process, he sounds very awkward and loud. It comes across as if he is shouting. 😩

Alas, I really wanted to listen to it. I’ll give it try. I hope I can get past the voice. 🥺

Please have another narrator

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Has thoroughly changed my understanding of myself, others, and life in general. Tragedy, even symptomatic of the evil in our world, that this piece of work has never reached its intended audience.

Phenomenally Eye Opening

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This is one of the most important books that I have consumed as a psychologist. This is essential listening for any medical or mental health professional. 

Enriched my understanding of the brain!

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I was so excited to find this in Audible's library I didn't bother to sample it. Big mistake. I am 25 minutes in and my deep sub-cortical circuits are unhappy with the narrator's voice, it is affecting my ability to absorb the content. Regretfully returning this book.

Narrator 👎🏻

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If you are interested in the neuroscience of emotions, this book is essential. It is a good counter to Lisa Feldman Barrett’s How Emotions Are Made (also a good book but presents a different theory of emotions).

Emotions Neuroscience Explained

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