Authors: Nasrollah Moradikor, Motahareh Haghipanah, Hiba Hamdar (eds.)

• ISBN: 9780443346002
• Published: July 2025 (Progress in Brain Research, Volume 293)
• Format: Hardback
• Language: English
• Publisher: Academic Press (Elsevier)

Description:

The Neuroscience of Feelings: Unveiling the Mind-Brain Alchemy explores how emotions shape brain function, behavior, and health across the lifespan. Bringing together neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, this volume examines how positive and negative feelings influence neural pathways, brain cell regeneration, decision-making, and vulnerability to mental and neurological disorders. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Chapters integrate cutting-edge research on emotional intelligence, neuroplasticity, trauma, and mental health, offering a rigorous yet accessible overview of how feelings emerge from complex brain circuits—and how they can be harnessed to promote resilience and recovery.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive view of emotions and the brain: shows how different emotional states modulate brain physiology, neural connectivity, and cognitive performance. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
• Interdisciplinary approach: bridges neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology, and cognitive science to explain the mind–brain relationship behind feelings and behavior.
• Evidence-based insights: discusses decision-making, emotional trauma, neuroplasticity, and their links to mental and physical health, with contributions from international experts in brain research. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
• Part of the Progress in Brain Research series: offers a focused, research-driven synthesis ideal for professionals and advanced students.

Readership:

• Neuroscientists and brain researchers investigating emotion and cognition
• Psychologists and psychiatrists working in affective and clinical neuroscience
• Neurologists, clinicians, and medical researchers interested in brain–mind interactions
• Graduate students in neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science
• Interdisciplinary scholars exploring links between emotions, health, and behavior

About the Authors:

Dr. Nasrollah Moradikor is research director and principal investigator at the International Center for Neuroscience Research in Tbilisi, Georgia. His work focuses on molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for brain disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, and he leads multiple international collaborations in applied neuroscience. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}

Dr. Motahareh Haghipanah is a neuroscience researcher whose program centers on non-pharmacological interventions for age-related neurodegenerative diseases, with publications in leading brain research journals. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}

Dr. Hiba Hamdar is a physician and founder of the Medical Learning Skills Academy in Lebanon. She has published extensively on neuroscience, internal medicine, and public health, and is actively involved in medical education and editorial work for scientific journals. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}

Table of Contents:

• 1. Neuroscience of Emotions
• 2. Brain Function and Feelings
• 3. Emotional Intelligence
• 4. Neural Pathways
• 5. Positive Emotions and Brain Health
• 6. Mind–Brain Alchemy
• 7. Cognitive Neuroscience
• 8. Emotional Trauma in Neuroscience
• 9. Neuroplasticity and Emotions
• 10. Mental Health and Neuroscience

Why buy this book?

• Offers a single, structured source that connects emotions, neural circuits, and clinical outcomes—ideal for research, teaching, or advanced clinical practice.
• Helps readers interpret how emotional states influence decision-making, risk, and resilience in both healthy individuals and patients.
• Supports evidence-based interventions by clarifying the biological foundations of emotional trauma, recovery, and brain plasticity.
• Enhances any neuroscience, psychology, or mental health collection with a current Progress in Brain Research volume focused entirely on feelings.

Keywords:

emotions, feelings, affective neuroscience, brain function, neural pathways, neuroplasticity, emotional intelligence, emotional trauma, decision-making, mental health, cognitive neuroscience, Progress in Brain Research

Target Audience:

neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, medical researchers, mental health professionals, cognitive scientists, graduate students in neuroscience, graduate students in psychology, interdisciplinary scholars

Genre:

neuroscience, psychology, brain research, academic textbook, professional reference, mental health science

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