Barrett’s figurative selfie of the brain is brilliant.” each chapter is chockablock with startling insights. Her enthusiasm for her topic brightens every amazing fact and theory about where our emotions come from. “Prepare to have your brain twisted around as psychology professor Barrett takes it on a tour of itself. Lisa Feldman Barrett does-and what she has to say about our perceptions and emotions is pretty mind-blowing.” “Most of us make our way through the world without thinking a lot about what we bring to our encounters with it. With a high level of knowledge and articulate style, Barrett delivers a prime example of modern prose in digestible chunks.” the book is down-to-earth and a delight to read.

“I have never seen a book so devoted to understanding the nature of emotions. a thought-provoking journey into emotion science.” 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. “Chock-full of startling, science-backed findings. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions.

The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. “A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.” - Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness “A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.” - Scientific American A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.” - Wall Street Journal

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