Emotions books

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• How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the BrainLisa Feldman Barrett

  How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

  Lisa Feldman Barrett

  A clear statement of the constructionist view that emotions are predictions built from body signals, past experience and concepts, not fixed programs in the brain.

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• Emotions RevealedPaul Ekman

  Emotions Revealed

  Paul Ekman

  A summary of Ekman's basic-emotions research on facial expression and his case that certain emotions are recognized across cultures.

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• The Emotional BrainJoseph E. LeDoux

  The Emotional Brain

  Joseph E. LeDoux

  Introduces the neural circuitry of fear, especially the amygdala, and a research-based account of how emotional memories are formed.

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• Descartes' ErrorAntonio Damasio

  Descartes' Error

  Antonio Damasio

  Uses patients with damage to the prefrontal cortex to argue that emotion is necessary for good decision-making, not opposed to reason.

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• The Expression of the Emotions in Man and AnimalsCharles Darwin

  The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

  Charles Darwin

  The founding evolutionary study of emotional expression, based on observation of humans, animals and photographs; it shaped later work on facial expression.

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