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Awakening Unto Awareness 6 GRIEF

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Joel

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

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Joel

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

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Joel

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

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Joel

GLYX-13 Amazing Molecule

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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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