Joseph Le Doux

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:psychologist
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Margaret_Le_Doux
gptkb:Roger_Sperry
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:New_York_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Psychological_Association_Distinguished_Scientific_Contributions_Award
National Academy of Sciences member
gptkbp:birth_date 1949-12-07
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:class gptkb:TED_Talks
gptkb:academic_conferences
public lectures on neuroscience
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:Richard_Davidson
gptkb:David_Poeppel
gptkb:Elizabeth_Phelps
gptkb:Michael_Davis
Nina Kraus
gptkbp:contribution understanding of anxiety disorders
understanding of PTSD
understanding of emotional responses
understanding of the amygdala
understanding of the hippocampus
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Connecticut
gptkb:University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst
gptkbp:field gptkb:psychologist
neuroscience
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph Le Doux
gptkbp:influence cognitive neuroscience
neuroscience of emotion
psychological research on fear
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Donald_Hebb
gptkb:Carl_Rogers
gptkb:Paul_D._Mac_Lean
gptkbp:known_for emotional memory
fear conditioning
research on survival circuits
gptkbp:notable_work Anxious
The Emotional Brain
The Deep History of Ourselves
gptkbp:publishes The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
Synaptic Self
The Science of Fear
The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Minds
gptkbp:research animal models
behavioral experiments
neuroimaging
gptkbp:research_focus memory systems
neural mechanisms of emotion
gptkbp:resides_in gptkb:Borough
gptkbp:spouse Constance Le Doux