Monthly Archives: February 2019

CARING with Oxytocin

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp coined the term affective neuroscience or the neuroscience of emotions. Culminating a lifetime of animal lab research, he identified seven primary-process emotions built into the brain by evolution, hardwired into the subcortical networks of all mammalian brains:

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FEAR Factor

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Joel

Primal-Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY

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LUST

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Joel

LUST LUST is fourth on the list of Jaak Panksepp’s seven primary affect systems. These primary affects all originate in the subcortical brain.  They are like the prime numbers of the emotional system. They can’t be divided by any other … Continue reading →

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SEEKING

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Joel

Why can’t we realize if we don’t make immediate changes, climate change is on course to destroy our planet? The answer is straight forward. We are mammals. Our higher executive cortex is slave to our lower subcortical emotional systems, just … Continue reading →

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Mood Brain-zapping

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Joel

Deluge of Brain-Zapping Mood Research Direct electrical stimulation of lateral orbitofrontal cortex acutely improves mood in individuals with symptoms of depression. Current Biology Mood variations decoded from multi-site intracranial human brain activity. Nature Biotechnology An amygdala-hippocampus subnetwork that encodes variation in … Continue reading →

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Emotional Brain Reigns

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Joel

Emotional Brain Understanding past trauma does little to help in dealing with PTSD. No matter how much insight and planning, the emotional brain has a reality of its own and it is the emotional brain that reigns.

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Primary Emotional Processes

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Joel

Primary Emotional Processes Jaak Panksepp researched primary emotional processes and their neural components.  He mapped the brains of rats by connecting electrodes to parts of their brain to see if stimulating an area caused the rats to seek or avoid … Continue reading →

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Affects R Us

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Joel

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) proves effective if what has gone wrong is within recent and specific sets of life problems with clear cognitive underpinnings. In other words, CBT works well for everyday life problems, ie marital … Continue reading →

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