What is basic about basic emotions? Lasting lessons from affective neuroscience

Emotion Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-396

  Panksepp, Jaak ^a   Watt, Douglas ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

affective neuroscience; brain; emotions; evolution; primary processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053331254     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073911410741     Document Type: Article

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