Jaak Panksepp: “Affective Continuity? From SEEKING to PLAY -- Science, Therapeutics and Beyond“ p.1

The reward SEEKING system of the brain is a general purpose emotional process that all mammals use to acquire all the resources needed for survival from daily meals to social bonds—a “ go-and-find-and-get what you need and want“ system for all rewards. It provides a solid foundation of eager organismic coherence for all the other primary-process emotional functions including positive ones such as LUST CARE and PLAY as well as negative ones such as RAGE FEAR and PANIC/GRIEF. This summary will focus on the hi