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My guest today, through decades of research, her lab work, and peer reviewed publications, has presented a new theory of emotion in her most recent book How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain.
Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to the book How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, Dr. Barrett has published over 200 peer-reviewed, scientific papers appearing in Science, Nature Neuroscience, and other top journals in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, as well as six academic volumes published by Guilford Press.
Dr. Barrett received a National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award for her revolutionary research on emotion in the brain. These highly competitive, multimillion dollar awards are given to scientists of exceptional creativity who are expected to transform biomedical and behavioral research.
Among her many accomplishments, Dr. Barrett has testified before Congress, presented her research to the FBI, consulted to the National Cancer Institute, appeared on Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, and been a featured guest on public television and worldwide radio programs. She is also an elected fellow of Canada’s most prestigious national organization of scholars, the Royal Society of Canada (analogous to the National Academy in the United States).
Today we'll dive into her book How Emotions Are Made and what these new findings could mean in relationships, personal change, and so much more.
In this episode you'll learn
The new theory that our emotions are less of a hardwired response, and actually created in the moment. How to break down emotions into smaller parts, and give new meaning to those sensations. The ways that beliefs can impact and alter our perception. How we can stop emotions from overtaking our thoughts and actions. Why the brain lives in a perpetual state of guessing and predicting... and how this affects learning and processing information. How we can construct our current reality by rewriting our past experiences. and so much MORE…