Estonian-American neuroscientist who founded affective neuroscience, identifying seven primary emotional systems in the mammalian brain (SEEKING, RAGE, FEAR, LUST, CARE, PANIC/GRIEF, PLAY) through cross-species neurological research.
Demonstrated that the mammalian brain contains genetically encoded primary emotional systems shared across species — discovering the SEEKING system as the primary appetitive motivational circuit — providing the neurological foundation for a biological theory of emotion and meaning.
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