Can culture and universalism co-exist in affective neuroscience?
In the last few decades, data on the brain basis of basic emotions has produced a new approach to personality: affective neuroscience personality theory (ANPT) (Davis et al., 2003;Panksepp, 1998). The ANPT has utilized the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scale (ANPS), designed to measure subcortical affective systems; CARE, PLAY, SEEK, ANGER, SADNESS, FEAR (Davis et al., 2003). The account suggests that the strengths and weeknesses found in the universally-shared subcortical affective systems
