BS 195 Neuroscience of Emotion with David Anderson

<p>This month's episode is an interview with <a title="wikipidia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Anderson" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">David J Anderson</a> from Cal Tech. We talk about his new book <a title="amazon link" href= "https://amzn.to/3IgpySO" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Nature of the Beast: How Emotions Guide US</em></a>. We talk about how emotion CAN be studied in animals by using methods that focus on brain states rather than verbal descriptions. Dr. Anderson also explains why this experimental work is essential to developing more effective treatment of mental illnesses.</p> <p>This episode is a follow up to my discussion of <a title= "amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/2QOrzeN" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>The Neuroscience of Emotion: A New Synthesis</em></a> by Ralph Adolphs and David J. Anderson in <a title="permalink" href= "https://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/2018/151-emotion" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">BS 151</a> (2018)</p> <p><strong>Links and References:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a title="amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/3IgpySO" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Nature of the Beast: How Emotions Guide US</em></a> by David J Anderson</li> <li><a title="faculty page" href= "https://davidandersonlab.caltech.edu/davidanderson" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">David Anderson,PhD. , California Institute of Technology</a></li> <li>Please visit <a href= "http://brainsciencepodcast.com/">http://brainsciencepodcast.com</a> for additional references and episode transcripts.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Please Visit Our Sponsors:</strong></div> <ul> <li><em><strong>The Minor Consult</strong></em> podcast at <strong><a href= "http://theminorconsult.com/">theminorconsult.com</a></strong></li> <li><strong>TextExpander</strong> at <a href= "https://textexpander.com/brain-science?utm_source=brainscience&utm_medium=p%20odcast&utm_campaign=textexpander-April-2022" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>textexpander.com/brain-science</