#407 Joseph LeDoux: The Deep History of Ourselves
RECORDED ON OCTOBER 8th 2020.
Dr. Joseph LeDoux is the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, Professor of Neural Science, Professor of Psychiatry, and Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University. His work is focused on the brain mechanisms of emotion and memory. He’s the author of many books, the most recent one being The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains.
In this episode, we focus on The Deep History of Ourselves, and talk about the evolution of behavior, mental representations, how to think about emotions, the problems with the triune brain model, and consciousness.
Time Links:
The evolution of behavior and learning
Mental representations
Emotions
Problems with the triune brain model
Consciousness
Follow Dr. LeDoux’ work!
Follow Dr. LeDoux’ work:
University website: https://bit.ly/34zIf1X
Personal website: http://bit.ly/2sjuZzv
Books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3nsP6Tn
The Deep History of Ourselves: https://amzn.to/2Qq0L5L
Twitter handle: @theamygdaloid