Lisa Feldman Barrett

@LFeldmanBarrett

Neuroscientist, psychologist, and author of "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain" (Amazon "Best Books") and "How Emotions are Made"

Boston, MA LisaFeldmanBarrett.com Joined August 2015

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett Nov 21, 2020

SEVEN AND A HALF LESSONS ABOUT THE BRAIN: Best Books 2020 (Amazon + Barnes & Noble), Starred Review (Kirkus), "Must-read" (Discover Mag), "Beautiful writing" (@DavidEagleman), "Remarkable insights" (@DanielPink). The world's first neuroscience beach-read. lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/seven-an…

lisafeldmanbarrett.com Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain | Lisa Feldman Barrett A collection of short essays about your brain and human nature, in the tradition of “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” and “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.”

Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett Jan 16, 2025

"Three Lessons About The #Brain": a recent talk at @UCIrvine, with one of the best audiences I've ever had (they were super engaged)! Presented as the 2024 McGaugh-Gerard Lecture on #Learning and #Memory. youtube.com/watch?v=MKYXLT…

www.youtube.com 2024 McGaugh-Gerard Lecture on Learning and Memory Featuring Lisa Feldman Barrett The UC Irvine Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (C...

Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett Jan 15, 2025

An interesting relationship between the theory of constructed emotion and art therapy. #ArtTherapy brooklynrail.org/2024/12/books/…

brooklynrail.org How Emotions Are Made and Modernism, Art, Therapy | The Brooklyn Rail Suzanne Hudson and Tanya Sheehan have assembled a series of essays by a diverse collection of authors that situate art therapy within a much more complex postmodern perspective, threading it through...

Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett Jan 7, 2025

Thanks, @DavidEagleman, for an engaging conversation on your Inner Cosmos podcast! eagleman.com/podcast/what-i…

eagleman.com What are emotions? Are emotions something that happen to you, or are they bodily signals we interpret? Does everyone show emotions in the same way — that is, are there particular markers of the face or the body…

David Eagleman Verified account @davideagleman Jan 7, 2025

Can we capture emotions in a few universal categories? This seems intuitive... but join this week's Inner Cosmos podcast with guest Lisa Feldman Barrett (@LFeldmanBarrett) to find out why this textbook model of emotions is the wrong way to think about it.
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Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett Nov 28, 2024

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is "Pie Day" in our household: 12 pies baked in 12 hours. Some are for Thursday's dinner and others are for our neighbors and friends. To all who celebrate Thanksgiving, my family and I wish you a peaceful and delicious holiday.