Joseph E. LeDoux is an internationally renowned American neuroscientist, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at New York University, where he directs the Emotional Brain Institute.

His research has revolutionized the understanding of the brain circuits underlying emotions, fear, and anxiety, introducing the famous “two-pathway” model of emotional processing. Author of seminal works such as The Emotional Brain, Anxious, and The Deep History of Ourselves, LeDoux combines scientific rigor with an accessible style, inviting the general public to reflect on the biological roots of the mind and human experience.

In his most recent book, The Four Realms of the Self, he offers an innovative journey through the dimensions that have shaped humanity—biological, psychological, social, and cultural—providing an interdisciplinary and deeply relevant perspective on our identity.