Understanding Emotions: Volume 156 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780444521828)

Emotions shape all aspects of our thinking and behavior, particularly when we communicate with others. How does our brain respond to emotions conveyed by picture media, human faces, voices, and written language? How do we integrate this information in social interaction? What goes wrong in the brains of people suffering from emotional disorders? This book reviews modern neuroscientific and psychological research providing answers to these questions. In this volume, leading researchers give comprehensive overviews of the current knowledge on different aspects of emotional perception and the underlying brain mechanisms and highlight outstanding research questions for the future. This book provides essential information for other researchers in the fields of affective and cognitive neuroscience as well as for advanced students.

Author: Silke Anders
ISBN-10: 0444521828
ISBN-13: 9780444521828
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 522
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.39lbs
Size: 10.58h x 7.66w x 1.07d