Human affective science has advanced rapidly over the past decades, emerging as a central topic in the study of the mind. This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative road map to the field, encompassing the most important topics and methods. It covers key issues related to basic processes including perception of, and memory for, different types of emotional information, as well as how these are influenced by individual, social and cultural factors. Methods such as functional neuroimaging are also covered. Evidence from clinical studies of brain disease such as anxiety and mood disorders shed new light on the functioning of emotion in all brains. In covering a dynamic and multifaceted field of study, this book will appeal to students and researchers in neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, biology, medicine, education, social sciences, and philosophy.

‘The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience (2E) brings together the best neuroscientists and psychologists in the field to provide exciting snapshots of progress in understanding brain bases of emotion and decision making. How do encounters with odors, others, music and morality evoke our emotions?  The authors cover these and other topics ranging from major psychological theories of emotion, to cutting-edge techniques, and interactions of emotion with cognition, language and culture.  This handbook is invaluable to anyone who wishes to understand emotional brains.'

Kent Berridge - James Olds Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Michigan, USA