Affective consciousness: Core emotional feelings in animals and humans
J. Panksepp
· 2005
★ NIFPlay Rating: 9
Rating Scale
10 Rigorous play-specific science
6–9 General biological science
5 Sound play research (uncontrolled)
1–4 Less rigorous / indirect
0 Indirect but high value
Panksepp's framework for understanding primary-process affective states as genuine forms of consciousness shared across mammals, challenging behaviorist denials of animal subjective experience.
