9781509837519_

How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down - Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point.

When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, whats really going on inside of you?

Many scientists believe that emotions come from a specific part of the brain, triggered by the world around us. The thrill of seeing an old friend, the fear of losing someone we love each of these sensations seems to arise automatically and uncontrollably from within us, finding expression on our faces and in our behaviour, carrying us away with the experience.

This understanding of emotion has been around since Plato. But what if it is wrong? In How Emotions Are Made, pioneering psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett draws on the latest scientific evidence to reveal that our common-sense ideas about emotions are dramatically, even dangerously, out of date and that we have been paying the price. Emotions arent universally pre-programmed in our brains and bodies; rather they are psychological experiences that each of us constructs based on our unique personal history, physiology and environment.

This new view of emotions has serious implications: when judges issue lesser sentences for crimes of passion, when police officers fire at threatening suspects, or when doctors choose between one diagnosis and another, theyre all, in some way, relying on the ancient assumption that emotions are hardwired into our brains and bodies. Revising that conception of emotion isnt just good science, Barrett shows; its vital to our well-being and the health of society itself.

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How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point

When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, whats really going on inside of you?

Uncover fascinating insights into the human mind with How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett, a pioneer in neuroscience and psychology. This profound book will dismantle and reconstruct your understanding of your own emotions.

The world perceives our emotions as automatic and reactive, a response to the world around us. But How Emotions Are Made poses a compelling new perspective, suggesting emotions arent universally pre-installed, rather they are unique psychological experiences constructed through our personal history, physiology, and environment.

This new view of emotions has serious implications:

- when judges issue lesser sentences for crimes of passion

- when police officers fire at threatening suspects

- when doctors choose between one diagnosis and another

Theyre all, in some way, relying on the ancient assumption that emotions are hardwired into our brains and bodies. Revising that conception of emotion isnt just good science, Barrett shows; its vital to our well-being and the health of society itself.

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How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to Strangers

When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, whats really going on inside of you?

Perhaps you thought of your emotions as automatic and reactive, a response to the world around you. The thrill of seeing an old friend, the fear of losing someone you love each of these sensations seems to arise automatically and uncontrollably.

But pioneering neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett will shatter everything you think you know with a compelling new argument: emotions arent universally pre-programmed into our brains and bodies, but rather are unique psychological experiences constructed through our personal history, physiology, and environment.

Relationships, health, parenting, even national security emotions have serious implications for them all. How Emotions are Made offers a radical new framework that finally, truly, explains what youre feeling and why it matters so much.

...(*_*)9781509837519_

How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to Strangers

When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, whats really going on inside of you?

But in How Emotions are Made pioneering neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett shatters everything you thought you knew with a compelling new argument: emotions arent universally pre-programmed into our brains and bodies but, rather, are unique psychological experiences constructed through our personal history, physiology and environment.

Relationships, health, parenting, even national security emotions have serious implications for them all. How Emotions are Made offers a radical new framework that finally explains what youre feeling and why it matters so much.

...(*_*)9781509837519_

'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down' – Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to Strangers

When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, what's really going on inside of you?

Perhaps you thought of your emotions as automatic and reactive, a response to the world around you. The thrill of seeing an old friend, the fear of losing someone you love – each of these sensations seems to arise automatically and uncontrollably.

But in How Emotions are Made pioneering neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett shatters everything you thought you knew with a compelling new argument: emotions aren't universally pre-programmed into our brains and bodies but, rather, are unique psychological experiences constructed through our personal history, physiology and environment.

Relationships, health, parenting, even national security – emotions have serious implications for them all. How Emotions are Made offers a radical new framework that finally explains what you’re feeling – and why it matters so much.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett