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Joseph LeDoux Lecture on "Our Emotional Brains"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjhCPhhzBqQ&feature=related

"Our Emotional Brains" - delivered by Professor Joseph LeDoux, was the third Copernicus Center Lecture.

The 2011 Copernicus Center Lecture was part of the 15th Kraków Methodological Conference - "The Emotional Brain: From the Humanities to Neuroscience and Back Again", which was co-organized by the Copenicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.

Prof. LeDoux discusses why we should care about our emotional brains and evaluates research in this area, covering the history of the field and linking research to the human condition.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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Subjects: 
Cognitive & affective psychology, Cognitive neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychobiology, Psychology, Psychology in health & medicine, Psychology of higher cognitive processes, Psychology of memory & learning, Psychopharmacology
Keywords: 
Brain, emotions, Neuroscience, limbic system, homeostasis, neurotransmission, threat, brain surgery