Despite countless studies on the topic, we don't yet know the answer to the question 'What is an emotion?' This book, based on a popular course taught by the authors, delves into different ways of understanding all our emotions, from happiness to shame and everything in between.
Despite countless studies on the topic, we don't yet know the answer to the question "What is an emotion?" This book, based on a popular course taught by the authors, delves into different ways of understanding all our emotions, from happiness to shame and everything in between.
"After years of neglect by both mainstream biology and psychology, the study of emotions has emerged as a central topic of scientific inquiry in the vibrant new discipline of affective neuroscience. Elizabeth Johnston and Leah Olson trace how work in this rapidly expanding field…