How Emotions Are Made
A neuroscientist argues that emotions aren't hardwired reactions but are constructed by the brain.
Biography
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a psychologist and neuroscientist at Northeastern University, known for the theory of constructed emotion.
Main ideas and philosophy
Barrett argues that emotions are built by the brain, and that richer emotion concepts give us more control.
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