Jaak Panksepp
American neuroscientist (1943–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jaak Panksepp (June 5, 1943 – April 18, 2017) was an Estonian-American neuroscientist and psychobiologist who coined the term "affective neuroscience", the name for the field that studies the neural mechanisms of emotion.[1][2][3] He was the Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science for the Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology at Washington State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, and Emeritus Professor of the Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University. He was known in the popular press for his research on laughter in non-human animals.[4][5]
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Jaak Panksepp | |
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Born | June 5, 1943 |
Died | April 18, 2017(2017-04-18) (aged 73) Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh (BS, 1965) University of Massachusetts, Amherst (MS, 1967) (PhD, 1969) |
Known for | Pioneer in affective neuroscience |
Awards | Order of the White Star |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Psychology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Affective neuroscience, Behavioral neuroscience |
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