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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

Written by Lisa Feldman Barrett

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

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A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mind.

Emotions feel automatic to us; that's why scientists have long assumed that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. Today, however, the science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. This paradigm shift has far-reaching implications not only for psychology but also medicine, the legal system, airport security, child-rearing, and even meditation.

Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose theory of emotion is driving a deeper understanding of the mind and brain, and what it means to be human. Her research overturns the widely held belief that emotions are housed in different parts of the brain, and are universally expressed and recognized. Instead, emotion is constructed in the moment by core systems interacting across the whole brain, aided by a lifetime of learning.

Are emotions more than automatic reactions? Does rational thought really control emotion? How does emotion affect disease? How can you make your children more emotionally intelligent? How Emotions Are Made reveals the latest research and intriguing practical applications of the new science of emotion, mind, and brain.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBrilliance Audio
Release dateMar 7, 2017
ISBN9781469292076
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

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Lisa Feldman Barrett

LISA FELDMAN BARRETT, PhD, is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. She received a National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award for her groundbreaking research on emotion in the brain, and is an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada. Barrett is the author of How Emotions are Made and Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain.

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  • 4/5
    A bit redundant at points but great material to talk about the reconstruction of emotions and the physiology behind them
  • 5/5
    i hear this everyday, i love it. love love love
  • 3/5
    Ballsy, ambitious, I'm 70% convinced.
  • 5/5
    You read a lot of books, but sometimes one comes along that changes the way you look at the world . And in this case also yourself. Lucid, clear and funny.
  • 5/5
    A scientist who cuts throughout the bad science we have acquired from age where scientific discovery was limited by ideology, religious fears and fake experiments, and unfortunately collusion by some in the field of psychology and sociology.

    This book offers framework on how emotions are made is more effective and can change how one can work with his/her emotions.

    Ideally it also changes what is tested and developed as a theory in academic and business services.
  • 5/5
    Look no further! The true masterpiece in emotions. Mind blowing!!
  • 3/5
    The concepts are valid and well stated, but tiresome repetition put me off.