How Emotions Are Made
By Lisa Feldman Barrett
The Secret Life of the Brain. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Summary of How Emotions Are Made book by Lisa Feldman Barrett
A groundbreaking, science-driven examination of how emotions are connected with our brain, with advice for managing reactions and controlling our feelings even when faced with difficult situations.
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What do you get from this book? Research-backed data explaining how and why emotions form, with advice for controlling them
Emotional “fingerprints” are outdated and untrue—modern-day scientists recognize that emotions are unique to individuals
Our brains are controlled by “core systems” that construct emotions based on culture, experience, and perception
Emotions are not “universal”—they’re rooted in context, knowledge, and concept as well as prediction
“Body budgeting regions” utilize categorization, goals, and concepts to affect reality and create our emotions
Infant brains make inaccurate predictions because they struggle to recognize differences, and social reality dictates our emotions
You can control your emotions by controlling your conceptions and enhancing your “emotional intelligence”
An imbalanced body budget negatively affects pain, illness, and criminal behavior but is often overlooked
Animals do not feel emotions the same way humans do; human emotions are based in genetics, concepts, and cycles
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Who should read How Emotions Are Made book
- Psychologists
- sociologists
About the author of How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Canadian author and psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett has committed her professional life to the study of the human brain and its emotional components. She holds a PhD in psychology and speaks at conferences, universities, and on talk shows. The recipient of the National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award for her research, she currently teaches psychology at Boston’s Northeastern University.
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