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Awakening Unto Awareness 6 GRIEF

PANIC/GRIEF Jaak Panksepp initially called the sixth primary affect system the PANIC /GRIEF system to reflect what goes on deep in the subcortical brain. Like the other primary emotions, the GRIEF system consists of a widespread emotional network concentrated largely … Continue reading

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Awakening into Awareness 5 CARE

Seeking CARE Most neuroscientists accept the LUST and RAGE brain systems, because both emotions are manifested in animal behavior and because these emotions are patently essential for survival.

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Maternal Care: Love & Grief

Maternal Care: Love &Grief (go together like a horse and carriage) Care: When an infant is separated from the mother, it cries in grief or distress. But the feeling of grief, as painful as it is, is essential for its … Continue reading

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Amazing Molecule

GLYX-13 Amazing Molecule

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CARING with Oxytocin

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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