In “The Hidden Spring,” our guest Mark Solms takes us on the journey of Feelings. Feelings are difficult to research because they are inherently subjective, but If we exclude feelings from our account of the brain, we will never understand how it works. You tell us, to a fantastic degree, neuroscientists searching for an explanation of consciousness have ignored feelings. Mark Solms takes us on an exploration of Feelings and the work of his friend and collaborator, Jaak Panksepp.
We cover Seeking, Play and Fear.
00:00:00.000 Exploring the Emotions: Introduction and Recap
00:02:09.277 The Science Behind Emotional Needs: Seeking and Play
00:04:22.132 Dopamine and the Brain’s Reward Circuit
00:05:23.032 The Positive and Negative of the Seeking Drive
00:12:08.554 The Nature of the Seeking System
00:14:43.883 The Dopamine Hit and Empathy: Personal Experiences
00:23:06.402 Importance of Play in Human and Animal Behavior
00:25:24.853 The Fascination of Play in Mammals
00:27:30.552 The Importance of Fairness and Turn-taking in Play
00:28:46.765 Fun and Dominance in Childhood Play
00:30:53.094 Importance of Hierarchy and Social Law in Groups
00:32:35.396 Establishing Viable Teams through Play and Contribution
00:43:36.550 Fear Conditioning: Learning to Respond to Dangerous Situations
00:45:07.350 The Development of Anxiety in Children
00:45:21.390 Single Exposure Learning: Fear of Electric Wires and Heights