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Neuroscientific Approach to Emotions and Feelings: The Last Frontier of the New Millennium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

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For centuries, emotions and feelings have been considered a domain of poets, writers, novelists, or psychologists who have tried to explore their secretive natures. They have been debating the crucial question of what they are, without providing any exhaustive answer except magnificent descriptions of them or sophisticated psychodynamic interpretations.

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Introduction
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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