Affective neuroscience

Affective neuroscience is the study of how the brain processes emotions. This field combines neuroscience with the psychological study of personality, emotion, and mood.^[1] The basis of emotions and what emotions are remains an issue of debate within the field of affective neuroscience.^[2]

The term "affective neuroscience" was coined by neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp, at a time when cognitive neuroscience focused on parts of psychology that did not include emotion, such as attention or memory.^[3]

^ Panksepp, Jaak (1990), "A Role for Affective Neuroscience in Understanding Stress: The Case of Separation Distress Circuitry", Psychobiology of Stress, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 41–57, doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1990-7_4, ISBN 978-94-010-7390-5, retrieved 2022-11-27
^ Celeghin, Alessia; Diano, Matteo; Bagnis, Arianna; Viola, Marco; Tamietto, Marco (2017-08-24). "Basic Emotions in Human Neuroscience: Neuroimaging and Beyond". Frontiers in Psychology. 8: 1432. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01432. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 5573709. PMID 28883803.
^ Panksepp, Jaak (2004). Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195178050.

[1] Panksepp, Jaak (1990), "A Role for Affective Neuroscience in Understanding Stress: The Case of Separation Distress Circuitry", Psychobiology of Stress, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 41–57, doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1990-7_4, ISBN 978-94-010-7390-5, retrieved 2022-11-27

[2] Celeghin, Alessia; Diano, Matteo; Bagnis, Arianna; Viola, Marco; Tamietto, Marco (2017-08-24). "Basic Emotions in Human Neuroscience: Neuroimaging and Beyond". Frontiers in Psychology. 8: 1432. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01432. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 5573709. PMID 28883803.

[3] Panksepp, Jaak (2004). Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195178050.

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