Joseph E. LeDoux Professions : Neuroscientist Born : December 7, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Joseph E. LeDoux Everything we think and feel (and keep thinking and feeling) creates, deep within, the brain we have. Joseph E. LeDoux brain feelings thinking One of the main jobs of conciousness is to keep our life tied together into a coherent story, a self-concept. It does this by generating explanations of behaviors on the basis of our self image, images, memories of the past, expectations of the future, the present social situation, and the physical environment in which behavior is produced. Joseph E. LeDoux jobs memories past Emotions are a critical source of information for learning. Joseph E. LeDoux information emotion leadership Similar Authors Arnold J. Mandell neuroscientist Andrew B. Newberg neuroscientist David L. Felten neuroscientist David Eagleman neuroscientist Daniel Levitin neuroscientist Candace Pert neuroscientist All Authors