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How Emotions Are Made
By Lisa Feldman Barrett
This episode reveals how your brain actively constructs emotions, offering a profound opportunity to understand and reshape your inner world.
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What it is about
Emotion science, neuroscience, self-regulation, body-mind connection
Who it is for
If you've ever felt like your emotions are a mystery, or found yourself reacting in ways you don't understand, this will illuminate the hidden architecture of your inner life, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist whose research challenges the long-held belief that emotions are universal, hardwired reactions, revealing instead how the brain actively constructs our feelings.
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