The basic emotional circuits of mammalian brains: Do animals have affective lives?

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1791-1804

  Panksepp, Jaak ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Brain; CARE; Emotions; FEAR; LUST; PANIC GRIEF; PLAY; Psychiatric models; RAGE; SEEKING; Subcortical circuits

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANIMAL WELFARE; AWARENESS; BRAIN; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SUBCORTEX; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NERVE NET;

EID: 80053102925     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.08.003     Document Type: Review

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