Articles by Dr. Barrett

An infant brain is not a miniature adult brain. It's a brain that's awaiting a wiring plan. (Reprinted from Dr. Barrett's blog.)

Advances in psychology and neuroscience have produced some surprising discoveries about what, how and why we feel.

A new study shows how strenuous mental and physical exercise keeps your brain firing on all cylinders.

Hundreds of news stories each month propagate these mistakes about the brain.

If a criminal experiences remorse for his actions, how can we know? An excerpt from "How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain."

Tech companies are trying to build emotion-reading devices based on dubious scientific results.

A excerpt from the introduction to Dr. Barrett's book, "How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain."

Judges and juries can't accurately detect remorse.

Dr. Barrett explains where your feelings come from, in an excerpt from "How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain."

A simple-looking mystery leads to the discovery of a half-century of lost knowledge.