Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is a Canadian psychologist, neuroscientist, and author researching emotion in the brain.
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Emotions are your brain’s best guesses of what your bodily sensations mean, guided by your past experience.
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Embracing difference is vital for our success as a species, but it places extra demands on the brain. Here’s how to get better at it.
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explains some of the ways your brain is constantly changing itself (usually without your awareness) as you interact with other people.
Many tech companies are trying to build machines that detect people’s emotions, using techniques from artificial intelligence. Some companies claim to have succeeded already. Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett evaluates these claims against the latest scientific evidence on emotion.
Recognized as the definitive reference, this handbook brings together leading experts from multiple psychological subdisciplines to examine one of today's most dynamic areas of research.
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