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Jaak Panksepp (June 5, 1943 – April 18, 2017) was an Estonian-American neuroscientist and psychobiologist who coined the term "affective neuroscience", the name for the field that studies the neural mechanisms of emotion.
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.
In his earlier work Antonio Damasio used "primordial feeling" but he now prefers the term "homeostatic feeling" for the class. [2] [3] Affective neuroscientist, Jaak Panksepp, identified homeostatic feeling as one of three primary classes of affect: homeostatic affect: e.g., thirst, fatigue; sensory affect: e.g., touch, warmth
Panksepp uses the term in the plural, "affects," to refer to his proposed seven systems.) Panksepp characterized the theory of constructed emotion as an "attributional–dimensional constructivist view of human emotions [which] postulates that positive and negative core affects are the basic feelings—the primary processes—from which ...
Panksepp's more recent work has not been included; a major oversight considering he is one of the founders of affective neuroscience. researchfellow —Preceding undated comment added 19:01, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
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