Joseph LeDoux on the Neural Situation of Emotion and Memory
Posted by The Situationist Staff on October 19, 2010
Joseph LeDoux is a professor and a member of the Center for Neural Science and Department of Psychology at NYU. His work is focused on the brain mechanisms of emotion and memory. In addition to articles in scholarly journals, he is author of “The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life” and “Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are.” He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the New York Academy of Science, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, and the recipient of the 2005 Fyssen International Prize in Cognitive Science. LeDoux is also a singer and songwriter in the rock band, The Amygdaloids.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Joseph LeDoux on the Neural Situation of Emotion and Memory
This video was posted at The Situationist - Joseph LeDoux is author of The Synaptic Self, among other books.
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