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    <body><![CDATA[Brief Review<br/>	A prominent researcher who focuses on the “emotional brain,” Joseph LeDoux contends that, contrary to the belief of some experts, there is no single emotional or “limbic” system in the brain, but different systems for different emotions.  He also maintains that the fear sy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65118214">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;You're reading that for *fun*?&quot;  &quot;Yup.&quot;<br/> <br/>Okay so it wasn't really &quot;fun&quot;, reading this book, and god knows it took me nearly the entire summer to finish it, but here are some crazy tidbits about our emotional brain:<br/> <br/>You know how sometimes you wish...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24210874">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Presents the role of the amygdala in the processing of fear.  Like Damasio, LeDoux includes visceral reactions as part of the overall emotional scheme, although L focuses more on the resulting behaviour and how the initial perception (of say, a snake in the grass) elicits the fear response.  Also de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11566148">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the clearest, most even-handed book on the brain and the current research that I've seen.  LeDoux manages to take the reader through the thickets of research into synapses, axons, and dendrites without ever getting bogged down in the little stuff.  By the time you've finished the book, you'l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41869574">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i think i've given up on this one. too many book (and other) priorities..]]></body>
    
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