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 bondsa goandfindandget what you need and want system for all rewards. It provides a solid foundation of eager organismic coherence for all the other primaryprocess 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 br, br,