Journal article
Hard Heads and Open Minds: A Reply to Panksepp (2003)
Psychological review, Vol.110(2), pp.389-394
04/2003
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.110.2.389
Abstract
In the authors' original article (M. S. Blumberg & G. Sokoloff, 2001), they provided evidence that the ultrasonic vocalizations of infant rats are acoustic by-products of a physiological maneuver. In J. Panksepp's (2003) comment, he sidestepped the authors' empirical findings and focused on his concern that their perspective might prevent progress toward his ultimate goal of understanding the neural substrates of emotion in mammals. In this reply, the authors question the reliability of J. Panksepp's strategy for studying emotion on the basis that anthropomorphism has yet to prove itself an effective research tool. In addition, the authors believe that J. Panksepp's anthropomorphic-zoomorphic strategy defeats the goal of building a comparative psychobiology of behavior and cognition that does not reify false distinctions between humans and other animals.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hard Heads and Open Minds: A Reply to Panksepp (2003)
- Creators
- Mark S Blumberg - Department of Psychology, University of IowaGreta Sokoloff - Department of Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington
- Contributors
- Walter Mischel (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychological review, Vol.110(2), pp.389-394
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0033-295X.110.2.389
- ISSN
- 0033-295X
- eISSN
- 1939-1471
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2003
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984070361102771
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