Anxious: The Modern Mind in the Age of Anxiety

Informationen zum Autor Joseph LeDoux is a professor of psychology at New York University, where he directs the Emotional Brain Institute. He has won a number of top awards and prizes in the fields of psychology, cognitive science, and philosophy. LeDoux is also the frontman for a rock band, The Amygdaloids. Klappentext Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux explains both how fear and anxiety are natural, adaptive ways of dealing with challenges and opportunities and how they become pathological states. He shares his cutting edge research to reveal what you can do to deal with anxiety. Zusammenfassung Anxiety is all around us: phobias! OCD! panic attacks! post-traumatic stress. Why are our brains so anxious? And what can we do about it?

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Ledoux, Joseph (author of Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are) LeDoux, Joseph E. Ledoux
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.2015
• EAN: 9781780747675
• ISBN: 978-1-78074-767-5
• No. of pages: 406
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 226 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Angst, Lebenshilfe (psychisch), SELF-HELP / General, SELF-HELP / Anxieties & Phobias, MEDICAL / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / General, SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Psychology, Self-help & personal development, Coping with anxiety & phobias, Mental health services, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias