The science of emotions: Jaak Panksepp at TEDxRainier
Given an inherent subjective nature, emotions have long been a nearly impenetrable topic for scientific research. Affective neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp explains a modern approach to emotions,...
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Translator: Queenie Lee Reviewer: Peter van de Ven What would art be like without emotions? It would be empty. What would our lives be like without emotions? They would be empty of values. So a famous classical poet said, "We hate and we love; can one tell me why?" – Catullus. Science does not answer why questions; science answers how questions. But the why question would be answered as follows. We have feelings because they tell us what supports our survival and what detracts from our survival. And I've been in this field now for half a century, and it's been a fairly lonely field because when I was a student in electrical engineering, I started getting bored, and I worked in the back ward of a psychiatric hospital and saw huma...
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Translator: Queenie Lee Reviewer: Peter van de Ven What would art be like without emotions? It would be empty. What would our lives be like without emotions? They would be empty of values. So a famous classical poet said, "We hate and we love; can one tell me why?" – Catullus. Science does not answer why questions; science answers how questions. But the why question would be answered as follows. We have feelings because they tell us what supports our survival and what detracts from our survival. And I've been in this field now for half a century, and it's been a fairly lonely field because when I was a student in electrical engineering, I started getting bored, and I worked in the back ward of a psychiatric hospital and saw huma...
