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Lisa Feldman Barrett

Neuroscientist, Psychologist, and Author

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Emotion, Emotional Intelligence, Psychology, Videos · January 13, 2018

You aren’t at the mercy of your emotions (TED Talk)

Can you look at someone’s face and know what they’re feeling? Does everyone experience happiness, sadness and anxiety the same way? What are emotions anyway, and how much control can we have over them? My TED Talk (based on my book) was one of the top 25 most-viewed TED Talks of 2018.

Want to learn more? The full transcript, footnotes, recommended reading, and other related material are on the TED website.

Filed Under: Emotion, Emotional Intelligence, Psychology, Videos

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