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X-WR-CALNAME:Animal Emotions & Empathy\, Seminar with Dr. Frans de Waal
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DESCRIPTION:One of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people and Discov
 er Magazine's all-time “Great Minds of Science\," primatologist Dr. Fran
 s de Waal will speak on the topic of "Animal Emotions and Empathy."\n\nDr.
  de Waal is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior at Em
 ory University where he directs the university’s Living Links Center at 
 the Yerkes National Primate Research Center\, one of the world’s foremos
 t centers for research on primate behavior.\n\nAbstract: Emotions suffuse 
 much of the language employed by students of animal behavior — from "soc
 ial bonding" to "alarm calls" — yet are still regularly avoided as expli
 cit topic in scientific discourse. Given the increasing interest of human 
 psychology in the emotions\, and the neuroscience on animal emotions such 
 as fear and attachment\, the taboo that has hampered animal research in th
 is area is outdated. The main point is to separate emotions from feelings\
 , which are the subjective experiences that accompany the emotions. Wherea
 s science has no access to animal feelings\, animal emotions are as observ
 able and measurable (face\, voice\, physiology\, neural activity) as human
  emotions. They are mental and bodily states that potentiate behavior appr
 opriate to mostly social situations. I will discuss early ideas about anim
 al emotions and draw upon research on empathy and the perception of emotio
 ns in primates to make the point that the study of animal emotions is a ne
 cessary complement to the study of behavior. Emotions are best viewed as t
 he organizers of adaptive responses to environmental stimuli. \n\n**Dr. de
  Waal will sign books after the talk. His new book Mama's Last Hug will be
  available for sale\, one month ahead of its official publication date.
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LOCATION:Strong Hall\, Auditorium 101
SUMMARY:Animal Emotions & Empathy\, Seminar with Dr. Frans de Waal
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