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Lisa Feldman Barrett

Neuroscientist, Psychologist, and Author

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Construction, Emotion, Neuroscience, Psychology · September 2, 2021

A quartet of science questions

Recently, the magazine BBC Science Focus asked a number of scientists (including me) to address four "big questions" in our fields. Here are …

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Books · November 23, 2020

What I’m Reading Right Now

I read a lot. Usually several books at the same time. It's an occupational hazard. Here are some great titles that are currently stacked …

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Books, Neuroscience, Videos · November 22, 2020

Recommended Books and Videos About the Brain

Many books and videos explain the brain, but they are of varying quality. Here are some I especially recommend. …

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Social Reality · November 2, 2020

Three Articles on Social Reality

In October 2020, I wrote a series of three articles on social reality (the way humans agree on things and make them real) and its powerful …

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Social Reality · October 30, 2020

Physical Reality Constrains Social Reality, Until it Doesn’t

[This article is Part 3 of 3 on the topic of social reality. Start with Part 1 and Part 2.] Imagine what would happen if everyone in the …

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Social Reality · October 18, 2020

The Social World Sculpts Your Physical Health

In Part 1 of this series, we explored social reality — the uniquely human superpower to "make stuff up" that becomes real, such as money and …

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Social Reality · October 5, 2020

Every Pandemic Tells a Story

A virus, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is biological invader. Invisible to the naked eye, it floats through the air …

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Construction, Core Systems, Emotion, Emotional Granularity, Neuroscience, Videos · April 18, 2020

A Cinematic Lecture on Emotion

For more than a year, my lab worked with filmmaker Van Yang to present ideas from my book, How Emotions are Made, as a 40-minute "cinematic …

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Emotion, Popular Press · July 21, 2018

How to be Misquoted

One of the perils of speaking to the media about science is that occasionally, I'm misquoted in print. …

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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 …

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