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The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life

The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life

by Joseph E. LeDoux

Published for the first time: 1/1/1996

384 pages, Paperback

Genres: Brain, Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology, Science, Self Help, Nonfiction

The Emotional Brain investigates the origins of human emotions and explains that many exist as part of complex neural systems that evolved to enable us to survive.

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