Sette Emozioni: A series of Socioplay on Jaak Pankseep's research (2018)

A double series of socioplays and videoplays directed by Ottavio Rosati about the discoveries of Jaak Panksepp (1943) the American psychologist, psychobiologist and researcher in neuroscience who has proved that, in the most primitive mammals as well as in human beings, there are seven main neuro circuits or neuronal systems of emotions. Panksepp coined the term "Affective Neuroscience" which outlines a new field of study and research into the neural mechanisms of emotions and their evolution. In his last books "Affective Neuroscience" (2004) and "A Textbook of Biological Psychiatry" (2014), Panksepp exposes the evolution of neurocircuits that underlie the main emotions and identifies the seven main "emotional systems" that regulate the various aspects of our life, highlighting how their alterations and inhibitions are at the origin of the main psychosomatic dysfunctions and psychological disorders. These seven main neurocircuits or emotional systems, renamed by Panksepp using a capital nomenclature, are: 1) the system of RESEARCH, desire and euphoria, linked to Dopamine. 2) the system of ANGER and dominance, linked to testosterone and serotonin 3) the system of FEAR and anxiety, linked to cortsolo, 4) the system of SEXUALITY and craving, linked to sex hormones, 5) CARE the system of loving kindness, linked to oxytocin 6) the system of SADNESS, panic and effective solitude, linked to absence 7) the system of PLAY, fantasy and joy, linked to dopamine and endorphine. Panksepp, supported by a large mass of experimental data, pointed out that it is easy to elicit strong emotional reactions by using localized electrical stimulation (ESB) of specific areas of the brain. The socioplays include scenes of the play "Grandi Feste con Fuoco" about the writer Fernanda Pivano and the director Ottavio Rosati.