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The paradigm of this book is based on five propositions:

1. Emotions are critical survival mechanisms that have survived through many millennia.
2. Emotions are processed in the brain by specialized circuits that anticipate, evaluate, and respond to reward and punishment, and the rest of the body is involved.
3. The relationship between emotions and memory is understood.
4. The concept of emotional intelligence is acceptable.
5. Emotions profoundly affect physical health

(By Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D. Sacramento, Calif., Citadel Press, 2002, 433 pp., $25.00; $18.95 (paper, published 2003)