Joseph E. LeDoux
Born
in The United States
December 07, 1949
Genre
Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
19 editions
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2002
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The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
16 editions
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1996
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Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety
23 editions
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2015
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The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains
12 editions
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2019
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The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human
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The Emotional Brain Revisited
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2014
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The Self: From Soul to Brain
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2 editions
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2003
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Basic Science and Clinical Practice
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2008
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Mind and Brain: Dialogues in Cognitive Neuroscience
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1986
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Synaptic Self Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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“Suppose you unexpectedly see a person you care about. Suddenly you feel the love you have, for that person. Let's follow the flow of information from the visual system through the brain to the point of the experience of love as best we can. First of all, the stimulus will flow from the visual system to the prefrontal cortex (putting an image of the loved one in working memory). The stimulus also reaches the explicit memory system of the temporal lobe and activates memories and integrates them with the image of the person. Simultaneously with these processes, the subcortical areas presumed to be involved in attachment will be activated (the exact paths by which the stimulus reaches these areas is not known, however). Activation of attachment circuits then impacts on working memory in several ways. One involves direct connections from the attachment areas to the prefrontal cortex (as with fear, it is the medial prefrontal region that is connected with subcortical attachment areas). Activation of attachment circuits also leads to activation of brain stem arousal networks, which then participate in the focusing of attention on the loved one by working memory. Bodily responses will also be initiated as outputs of attachment circuits, and contrast with the alarm responses initiated by fear and stress circuits. We approach rather than try to escape from or avoid the person, and these behavioral differences are accompanied by different physiological conditions within the body. This pattern of inputs to working memory from within the brain and from the body biases us more toward an open and accepting mode of processing than toward tension and vigilance. The net result in working memory is the feeling of love.”
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“In order to eliminate negative emotions and avoidance and secure enduring therapeutic changes, Beck argues that it is necessary to identify and evaluate the maladaptive beliefs (some of which are unconscious) and replace them with more realistic thought patterns, which will result in healthier thinking, behaviors, and feelings.46”
― Anxious
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