The Archaeology of Mind

Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions

By: Jaak Panksepp, Lucy Biven, Daniel J. Siegel - foreword

Narrated by: Peter Lerman

What makes us happy? What makes us sad? How do we come to feel a sense of enthusiasm? What fills us with lust, anger, fear, or tenderness? Traditional behavioral and cognitive neuroscience have yet to provide satisfactory answers. The Archaeology of Mind presents an affective neuroscience approach - which takes into consideration basic mental processes, brain functions, and emotional behaviors that all mammals share - to locate the neural mechanisms of emotional expression. It reveals - for the first time - the deep neural sources of our values and basic emotional feelings.

This book elaborates on the seven emotional systems that explain how we live and behave. These systems originate in deep areas of the brain that are remarkably similar across all mammalian species. When they are disrupted, we find the origins of emotional disorders.

The book offers an evidence-based evolutionary taxonomy of emotions and affects and, as such, a brand-new clinical paradigm for treating psychiatric disorders in clinical practice.

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©2012 Jaak Panksepp and Lucy Biven (P)2021 Tantor

A clear way to understand our emotions

I was made aware of this book by Sarah Peyton, who uses a lot of Panksepp’s work in her resonant healing work. After years of studying the mind brain connection, this book really answers a lot of the questions that were unanswered by other researchers. It would be helpful if every social work student and psychology student read this book during their schooling. The more it is understood the sooner we can move towards what works for the mind brain. Very hopeful.

Thoroughly Sculpted Description of Emotions

Great book by a man with mastery of current neuroscience of emotions. Andrew Huberman referred to the author as the world's foremost authority of emotions.

insightful look into the mind and brain.

A well done look into how thr human brain works, particularly in terms of the emotional components, their structural and neurochemical correlates, and the importance of using animal models. The also author does a good job of integrating psychotherapy, especially psychodynamic theory into his biological framework.

bad narration!

amazing book but can not stand the narrator voice
the person who pick this guy to narrate book should be fired !! what a voice

Amazing book and phenomenal work. RIP Panksepp. TY

This man is among the best psychological researchers to grace science. Hopefully as time passes on we heed his words and work moreso than in the past.