The Psychobiology of Emotions
Regardless of culture, most adult humans report experiencing similar feelings such as anger, fear, humor, and joy. Such subjective emotional states, however, are not universal. Members of some cultures deny experiencing specific emo tions such as fear or
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EMOTIONS, PERSONAUTY, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Series Editors
Carroll E. Izard,
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
and Jerome L. Singer, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN: Physiology, Neuroanatomy, Psychology, and EmoHon P. V. Simonov EMOTIONS IN PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Carroll E. Izard, ed. FREUD AND MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, Volume 1: The Emotional Basis of Mental Illness Helen Block Lewis FREUD AND MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, Volume 2: The Emotional Basis of Human Behavior Helen Block Lewis GUIDED AFFECTIVE IMAGERY WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Hanscarl Leuner, GUnther Horn, and Edda Klessmann HUMAN EMOTIONS Carroll E. Izard LANGUAGE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: Strategies of Discovery Robert L. Russell THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF TIME BernardS. Gorman and Alden E. Wessman, eds. THE POWER OF HUMAN IMAGINATION: New Methods in Psychotherapy Jerome L. Singer and Kenneth S. Pope, eds. THE PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS Jack George Thompson SHYNESS: Perspectives on Research and Treatment Warren H. Jones, Jonathan M. Cheek, and Stephen R. Briggs, eds. THE STRE.t,\M OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Scientific Investigations into the Flow of Human Experience Kenneth S. Pope and Jerome L. Singer, eds. A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual ship· ment. For further information please contact the publisher.
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Ubrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Thompson, Jack George. The psychobiology of emotions. (Emotions, personality, and psychotherapy) Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. 1. Emotions-Physiological aspects. 2. Psychobiology. 1. Title. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. Emotions-physiology. 2. Psychophysiology. WL 103 T473p) QP401.T46 1983 152.4 88·5937 ISBN 978-1-4899-2123-9 ISBN 978-1-4899-2121-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-2121-5
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Preface
Regardless of culture, most adult humans report experiencing similar feelings such as anger, fear, humor, and joy. Such subjective emotional states, however, are not universal. Members of some cultures deny experiencing specific emotions such as fear or grief. Moreover, within any culture, individuals differ widely in their self-reports of both the variety and intensity of their emotions. Some people report a vivid tapestry of positive and negative emotional experiences. Other people report that a single emotion such as depression or fe
