EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER EP EB

Claudia Hammond

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780007164677
• eBook ISBN: 9780007375301
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Applied Psychology
• Index: Psychology

We cannot help but be fascinated by the emotions that we see in ourselves and others: an absorbing book exploring the extraordinary feelings which make us human, from a rising media star.

Claudia Hammond wrote and presented the acclaimed and very popular Radio 4 series 'Emotional Rollercoaster' which explored the science of emotions: what they are, why they happen and how they are created.

Emotional Rollercoaster takes the reader through the full spectrum of emotions: fear, sadness, anger, happiness, disgust, hate, jealousy, love, sympathy and guilt. It traces the progress from fear, which is present from birth, to more complex emotions like sympathy and hope and explores the science behind them. Each emotion is vividly evoked by Claudia's experiences and those of others.

This unique book explains clearly and memorably everything from why we feel better after a good cry to how bottling up your anger can be good for you. Packed with surprising discoveries and eccentric stories, Emotional Rollercoaster argues that emotions are far more complex than we realise.

Index

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a

addiction 24–7, 76

exercise and 29–30

genes and 25–7

Adjuvant Psychological Therapy 364

adrenaline 187, 189, 190, 194

aggression (see ‘anger’)

Ainsworth, Mary 303

alcohol abuse 26, 72, 237

Alexander, Bruce 24

Altemus, Margaret 298

Alzheimer’s disease 362

amygdala

anger and 155, 301

disgust and 101

fear and 184, 185–6, 195, 196, 203–4, 301

guilt and 333

infants and 203

joy and 333

love and 300

memory and 185, 203–4

Anatomy Of Disgust 107

anger 17, 135–167, 287, 363

bodily responses and 142, 144, 157, 161–4, 166, 186

brain and 145, 154–160, 301

children/infants and 147–50, 148, 248, 304, 315

dopamine and 159–60

facial expression of 144–5, 147, 160

genes and 158–9

guilt and 322

jealousy and 222, 230, 236, 252

joy and 149

love and 267

management 167

purpose of 115, 142–3, 144, 146, 153

serotonin and 156–8

sex differences and 149, 158, 164

suppression of 89, 154, 160–4

Type A personality and 162

violence and 138–40, 142, 157–8, 159, 230

workplace, in the 151–4

animal behaviour

anger and 158–9

fear and 210, 212

hope and 358–9

jealousy and 248

joy and 23–4, 24–5

love and 277–8, 294, 295–6

sadness and 73, 75, 79, 80

anterior singulate region 22

anti-depressant drugs 28, 62, 68, 237, 293 (see also ‘selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors’)

anti-social personality disorder 334

anxiety 20, 298

bodily responses and 26, 32–4, 190, 213

depression and 70

exercise and 31

fear and 189, 206

hope and 369, 371

jealousy and 222, 237

love and 274

Apter, Michael 49

Arens, William 131

Argyle, Michael 50–1

Aristotle 147

Aron, Arthur 274, 282–3, 285, 290

attachment 293, 294, 297, 298, 301, 303–7

attraction 263–6, 275–80, 285–6, 293, 301

attribution theory 313, 358

autonomic nervous system 325, 326, 332

Averill, James 141, 145, 267–8, 350–1, 372

Ax, Albert 186–7

b

babies (see ‘children/infants’)

Barr-Zisowitz, Carol 58–9

Bartels, Andreas 299–302

basal ganglia 102

Becht, Marleen 79

‘benign masochism’ 123

Berscheid, Ellen 270

beta-endorphins 28–9, 30–1, 32, 196–7

Bishay, Nagy 238

Blacker, Richard 340

blood-brain barrier 28

blushing 324–7, 337, 349

bodily responses 7–8, 89–90, 381

anger and 142, 144, 157, 161–4, 166, 186

anxiety and 26, 32–4, 190, 213

depression and 67, 70, 76

disgust and 98, 105, 243

exercise and 27–34

fear and 175–6, 184, 186–93, 212–15, 243, 335, 349

guilt and 312, 325–6, 328–31, 332–3, 334–7

hope and 349

jealousy and 222, 231–4, 242–3

joy and 17, 19, 31–3, 39, 40–1, 48, 243

love and 285–8, 291–2, 293, 298, 300

sadness and 67, 70, 89, 213

Bond, Alyson 74, 157

Boulogne, Duchenne de, 34

brain, the 7–8, 384 (see also ‘amygdala’, ‘brain scanning’ & ‘neurotransmitters’)

anger and 145, 154–60, 301

anterior singular gyrus 300

anterior singulate region 22

basal ganglia 102

blood-brain barrier 28

children/infants and 203

depression and 73, 75, 76

disgust and 101–2, 104–5, 106

exercise and 28, 30

fear and 175–6, 183–6, 194–97, 203–6, 213–5, 299, 301

guilt and 323–4, 325–6, 333–4

hippocampus 203, 204

HPA axis 67

hypothalamus 23, 24, 67

insula 102, 104–5, 106, 300

joy and 20–7, 28, 40, 47, 333

lateral prefrontal cortex 196

love and 2...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• One Joy
• Two Sadness
• Three Disgust
• Four Anger
• Five Fear
• Six Jealousy
• Seven Love
• Eight Guilt
• Nine Hope
• Afterword
• Bibliography
• P.S.
• Index
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Praise
• Copyright
• About the Publisher