Jaak Panksepp

58.0k citations
405 papers · 37.1k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 92

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Jaak Panksepp

400 papers receiving 34.5k citations

Hit Papers

The archaeology of mind: neuroevolutionary origins of human emotions 2013 · 392 citations
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Jaak Panksepp
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  • Behavioral Neuroscience 5.1k
  • Social Psychology 16.4k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 13.5k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6.9k
  • Pharmacy 2.0k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 201820
2 201628
3 201277
4
Philosophical Implications of Affective Neuroscience
201214
5 2011155
6 2010191
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Play, ADHD, and the Construction of the Social Brain: Should the First Class Each Day Be Recess?.
200823
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Emotions Explained, Edmund T. Rolls. Oxford University Press (2005), £39.95/$75.00 (606 pp.), ISBN: 0-19-857003-1
20061
9 200595
10
Trennungsschmerz als mögliche Ursache für Panikattacken – neuropsychologische Überlegungen und Befunde
20032
11 2002476
12 2001197
13 2000191
14
The periconscious substrates of consciousness: Affective states and the evolutionary origins of the SELF
1998144
15
Laughing rats? Playful tickling arouses 50 KHz ultrasonic chirping in young rats
19984
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Affective Neuroscience
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19982291
17 1998485
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Naltrexone and other potential new pharmacological treatments of autism
199157
19
Opiate antagonists: effects on the social aggression of rats and autistic children
19901
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Handbook of the hypothalamus
1979396

About Jaak Panksepp

Jaak Panksepp is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Pharmacy, having authored 405 papers that have together received 37.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (163 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (65 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (65 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (64 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (33 papers), Infant Health and Development (26 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (25 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (5.1k citations), Social Psychology (16.4k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (13.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (6.9k citations) and Pharmacy (2.0k citations). Jaak Panksepp has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Jeffrey Burgdorf, Arnold H. Modell, Satoshi Ikemoto, Brian Knutson, Georg Northoff, Eric E. Nelson, Felix Bermpohl, Alexander Heinzel, Moritz de Greck and Henrik Dobrowolny. Their work appears in journals such as Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Physiology & Behavior, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior and Behavioural Brain Research.

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